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Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) releases enhanced, IO-Link enabled load cell series for better industry connections
Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK) has launched an upgraded version of its SP4M load cell series, including a model featuring an IO-Link interface – the SP4Mi, with a weighing capacity range of 1kg to 200kg.
This latest range is suitable for flexible scale designs across a wide variety of industrial applications including food, packaging and chemical industries, as well as trade and agriculture.
HBK’s SP4M series already provides versatility and compact design that simplifies integration into systems such as table, floor and conveyor scales, plus filling and production systems. These aluminium load cells are certified to achieve accuracy levels up to C6 Multirange, with an impressive maximum factor (Y value) of up to 20,000.
The compact SP4Mi – equipped with an IO-Link interface – has been designed for companies looking to digitise and automate their weighing applications. Its smart functions offer data preprocessing, real-time monitoring and maintenance alerts, helping to reduce downtime and costly repairs. SP4Mi is fully compatible with existing IO-Link systems, so can be easily integrated and modernise existing industrial setups.
Its additional features, such as customisable cable lengths, balanced output for parallel connections and explosion-proof versions, make the SP4M/SP4Mi series robust enough for heavy industrial and hazardous environments.
The SP4Mi is a smart load cell featuring integrated weighing algorithms and allows users to access real-time weighing data, simplifies diagnostics and maintenance processes and ensures seamless integration into all common industrial ethernet based fieldbus architectures, viaa 4-pin M12 connector, all of which helps engineers accelerate their time-to-market while improving product quality.
