Load Cells offer load ratings from 225-22,480 lb.

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Made of stainless steel, U-Series is water-, dust-, corrosion-, and chemical-resistant. Load cells are used with pillow block mounted bearings and live shaft to offer precise tension roll. Providing 1,550X sensitivity, units are drilled and tapped to customer specifications, and include built-in overload stops that protect personnel, equipment, and product.



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Montalvo Announces U-Series Load Cells



Gorham, Maine- The Montalvo Corporation, international specialists in industrial web control systems, announces its U-Series load cells.

President Ed Montalvo says, "Our U-Series cells are used with pillow block mounted bearings and a live shaft to offer customers a durable and precise tension roll that's easy to install."

The U-Series load cell is made of stainless steel construction and is water, dust, corrosion, and chemical resistant.

The U-Series provides the following additional advantages:

o available in various sizes/dimensions (U-25, U-50, U-75- U-120) depending on load ratings (ranging from 225 to 22,480 pounds)

o industry-leading 1550X sensitivity

o enhanced reliability; simplified tension control and repeatability

o built-in overload stops; protects personnel, equipment, and product

o drilled and tapped to customer specifications

o Montalvo specialists can assist a customer in specifying the right load cell for the job.

The Montalvo specification sheet on the U-Series (available at www.montalvo.com) provides details on sizes/dimensions, load ratings, connectors, and other data.

The Montalvo Corporation specializes in the analyzing, upgrading and servicing of customer's web tension control equipment. For more than 60 years, Montalvo has manufactured, integrated and serviced a wide range of web control products and systems for the converting, paper, foil, nonwovens, and plastic film industries as well as packaging, medical and high-tech applications. Montalvo products include electronic tension control devices, load cells, indicators, brakes, clutches, and safety chucks. Montalvo manufactures in the United States, and sells worldwide.

Montalvo has completed successful upgrades for customers on narrow web presses, printing presses, corrugators, laminators, coaters, slitters, sheeters, filmers, extruders, waxers, die cutters, and embossers.

For more information contact The Montalvo Corporation at 50 Hutcherson Drive, Gorham, Maine, USA, 04038; telephone 1-800-226-8710 or (207) 856-2501; fax 1-800-644-5097 or (207) 856-2509; montalvo.com; e-mail: dan@montalvo.com.

Montalvo may be contacted in Europe by calling or writing to Helge Birkwald, Jeppe Aakjærs Vej 18, DK-8700 Horsens, Denmark; phone: +45 75 57 27 11; email: helge.birkwald@montalvo.com

Montalvo also has offices in China. Montalvo (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. is located at Room 805, Forte Time Plaza, No. 898, QuYang Road, HongKou District, Shanghai, China, 200437. Tel: +86-21-61401822, Fax: +86-21-61401821. email: info@montalvo.cn.

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