Latest News

The latest news stories relating to our range of load cell and instrumentation products can be viewed below. This section will be updated regularly with application stories, articles, product updates and other interesting information relating to LCM Systems.

3000lb ATEX/IECEx Load Pins
3000lbf ATEX/IECEx Dual Bridge Load Pins
17th Feb 2023

These ATEX/IECEx certified dual bridge load pins were manufactured for a customer that supplies crane monitoring and overload systems.

16,800kN load pins
16,800kN Dual Bridge/Bi-Directional Load Pins
27th Jan 2023

Manufactured for one of our regular customers in The Netherlands were these four 16,800kN rated load pins. With a diameter of 340mm and 900mm long, each one weighs in at a hefty 620kgs.

85te ATEX/IECEx Load Shackle
85te ATEX/IECEx Load Shackles for Mooring Application
20th Jan 2023

Packed and ready for despatch are these 85te ATEX/IECEx certified load shackles, which will be used to monitor the loads in the mooring lines of an FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit).

Despatch
Happy Christmas!
21st Dec 2022

Due to a huge effort from our production and despatch staff, we have been able to despatch lots of orders ahead of the Christmas break. Well done LCM team!

Atex Load Pins for Crane Load Monitoring
Hazardous Area Load Pins for Crane Load Monitoring
16th Dec 2022

These IECEx load pins have been purchased by our US distributors, Interface, Inc for a customer that manufactures marine and offshore cranes and winches.

Quick Release Hook ATEX Load Pin
150 Tonne ATEX/IECEx Load Pins
9th Dec 2022

These 150 tonne load pins have been manufactured for a leading supplier of mooring and berthing systems based in the EU. They are certified for use in Zone 1 & 2 hazardous areas, have integral amplifiers to provide a 4-20mA output and also come with 5m of steel armoured cable. 

15te Toggle Load Link
15te Toggle Load Link for Port Application
25th Nov 2022

We have recently shipped this stainless steel toggle load link to one of our customers in Germany. It will be installed on the rollers of a conveyor belt in a port that loads fertiliser and sulphur onto vessels for onward transportation.

30te Annular Load Cell
30te Annular Load Cells
18th Nov 2022

These four stainless steel annular load cells have been manufactured for a UK customer that operates a mining facility.

350klbf Annular Load Cell
350klbf (159 tonne) Annular Load Cell
4th Nov 2022

These three stainless steel annular load cells have been designed to fit the main hoist of a crane to provide load measuring data.

2000kN & 3000kN PTC-1 load cells
2000kN & 3000kN PTC-1 Load Cells
21st Oct 2022

These stainless steel load cells are a custom design version of our PTC-1 tension and compression load cells. Four 2000kN and six 3000kN load cells have been manufactured for our US distributors.

650N Beam Load Cells
650N Beam Load Cells
30th Sep 2022

These tiny beam load cells have been manufactured for a UK customer that specialises in the investigation and removal of hazardous materials. The load cells will be installed on a U bracked that is fixed to a pneumatic motor to measure the reaction force

2te D Load Shackles
2te Load Shackles for Condition Monitoring
23rd Sep 2022

This week we have despatched these tiny 2 tonne rated load shackles for a customer in Australia that specialises in animatronics.