Converting a mV/V Load Cell Signal into Engineering Units

Morehouse Calibration Shear Web Load Cell Specification Sheet

by Henry Zumbrun

One might read the headline and think why is mV/V or a calibration curve relevant to me or my instrumentation? If you use load cells or other instrumentation that are calibrated using a span calibration, the chances are that someone is setting them up using a 2-point, 5-point, 6-point, or some number of point span calibrations. Typically, this type of setup often has high errors, and the article aims to discuss a more accurate way to eliminate most of these errors. Though the article is written with a load cell application in mind, the same concept can be applied to several disciplines.

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