How to Order a Custom Load Cell with Morehouse
This guide walks you through every stage of ordering a custom load cell from Morehouse Instrument Company, from determining whether a custom cell is the right choice to submitting your specifications and receiving a calibrated system. A custom cell makes sense when standard catalog cells cannot meet your geometry, capacity, axis configuration, or environmental requirements, and contrary to common assumptions, it is not necessarily more expensive or less reliable than adapting a standard cell with costly fixtures. The eight-step ordering process runs from initial inquiry through requirements capture, design and analysis, drawing approval, manufacture, system-level calibration, delivery, and ongoing recalibration support. The guide includes a detailed specification checklist covering force and measurement requirements, mechanical interfaces, electrical and signal options, environmental conditions, material selection, and calibration standards such as ASTM E74 and ISO 376. Morehouse calibrates against deadweight primary standards and maintains measurement capabilities that are typically 10 to 50 times lower in uncertainty than those of commercial laboratories, which directly improves the performance of the device you put into service. Every shipment includes an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited calibration certificate with an uncertainty appendix, approved drawings and STEP files, and an applied measurement uncertainty model for real-world field use.
Morehouse stocks standard cells from 25 lbf up to 1,125,000 lbf, but custom designs have been demonstrated up to 6,000,000 lbf in compression, with manufacture and calibration capability reaching 10,000,000 lbf using multiple load cells. Custom configurations include uniaxial, bi-axial, and multi-axis force and torque cells, load pins, through-hole and donut designs, hermetically sealed units for marine and subsea service, and hazardous-area certified designs meeting ATEX or NEC Class I, Division requirements. System-level calibration is what makes the uncertainty number meaningful in practice, since laboratory performance does not translate directly to field conditions without replicating the actual load path and mounting arrangement.
To get started, read this guide, "How to Order a Custom Load Cell", and then contact Morehouse.
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