Overview of Dacell’s Load Cells and Torque Sensors

Dacell's competitiveness is cost-down and customization, we are dreaming of entering the robot industry with multiaxis sensors.

Load cells were first commercialized in the           USA and Japan, and they were first developed in Korea 20 or more years ago.  Accordingly, it goes too much to say that Dacell has witnessed the history of load cells in the domestic market. 

Mr. Shin, Hyeong-Gyun, CEO of Dacell, who has engaged in the development of load cells for a long time, explained that the company’s competitiveness lay in cost down strategy and product customization. 

He mentioned how he could enhance brand recognition home and abroad, saying, “The quality of our load cells is almost same as that of American and Japanese competitors, but our prices are very competitive as opposed to them.  That is how we could survive in competition with those high-priced products.  At the same time, we have tried our best to go far ahead of Chinese companies as far as quality is concerned.”

In addition, Mr. Shin continued to explain the key factors to long-term success, saying “The other competitiveness lies in that we are capable of producing custom-tailored products.  Most of time, customers find it difficult to apply general specifications indicated on the catalog to their specific environments; however, we design products to their own requirements.  The customization of products that satisfies customers’ needs has been the very reason for us to maintain our business.” torque sensor measuring product

In spite of the presence of various types of load cells, Mr. Shin is developing load cell drawings every day to fill customers’ orders.  

Dacell obtained a patent for 3-axes load cell in February, 2010.  A normal load cell is used to measure a force on one side, while a three-axis load cell can measure a force of another direction in addition to forces on both sides, namely forces of x, y, and z axes.  Additionally, the product group is expanding into 6-axis load cells, which can measure the forces of three directions and the torques of three directions simultaneously.  Such multiaxial sensors are currently being supplied to robotics companies.

Mr. Shin made his intention public when he said, “Multiaxial sensors detect toward which direction a biped robot apply or receive forces and help maintain balance in walking.”  He continued to say, “We’d like to advance into the robotics industry, but we are still at early stages.”

He added that the company had recently engaged in a research in which rotational power is measured through the data on multidirectional forces which are obtained during driving by multiaxial sensors attached to the wheels of a vehicle. industrial weighing load cells system

Dacell will continue to invest time and sources to develop such target items including multiaxial sensors so as to meet diverse customers’ demands.