Featured Customer Projects

Load Cell Research Example: Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Freshwater Snails

Date: January 31, 2019
By: Joe Flanagan
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

Learn how our products helped a university lab study hydrodynamic forces on snails to uncover the evolution of the shape of their shells.

Load Cells in Education: Neuromuscular Aspects of Human Movement Force Measurement

Date: February 2, 2019
By: clange
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

Learn how Colorado State University students used our miniature load cell products in a lab to measure human force in reflex movements.

artist rendition of propellant tank in orbit

Research Example: Propellant Tank Mass Gauging Test Apparatus Development

Date: February 2, 2019
By: clange
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

NASA required better gauging to measure tank fluids in space. Learn how our products in a Colorado School of Mines lab led to an innovative solution.

Research With Load Cells: Effects of Military Load Carriage on Ground Reaction Forces

Date: January 29, 2019
By: clange
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

What are the effects on the lower extremities when soldiers carry heavy equipment? This quick read explains how one grad student was determined to find out, with the help of Tacuna Systems.

chart of auto functions and components that perform those functions in order to find overlap and reduce part count

Next-Gen Transmissions for High-Performance Hybrid Cars

Date: August 23, 2022
By: Maria Pontones
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

Can high performance hybrids be both nimble & fuel efficient? Look at three concept hybrid transmission designs that could make that happen! See how Tacuna Systems helped with design testing.

Tribometer experiment connectivity schematic

Measuring Contact Forces on Soft Materials for Medical Robotics and Other Applications

Date: January 7, 2023
By: Maria Pontones
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

This case study describes measuring contact forces of medical robotics materials using the Tacuna Systems EMBSGB200 load cell amplifier.

Drawing of rocket engine test stand showing frame to support engine and also fuel tanks and fuel lines to supply the engine. An AmCells STL load cell is at the top of the frame to measure vertical thrust.

Cal Poly Rocketry Test Stand Gets off the Ground with Tacuna Systems

Date: March 20, 2023
By: Maria Pontones
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

In 2023, the Cal Poly Space Systems club tested their 1st bi-propellant rocket engine. See how they developed their rocketry test stand.

Drawing of side view of load cells in the U of Pacific cafeteria tray food waste measuring system. They show how the wheels behind the rotating tray return assembly align with the load points of the load cells.

Bearing the Load of Social Responsibility

Date: May 20, 2023
By: Maria Pontones
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

University of the Pacific seniors hope to increase awareness of food waste's environmental impact with the help of our load measurement products!

a conceptual diagram of the iThrone waterless toilet system that shows how a special membrane within allows pure water to evaporate

Giving a Crap: How a Simple Toilet and Load Cells are Tackling Global Ills

Date: August 23, 2023
By: Maria Pontones
Categories: Featured Customer Projects

Learn about this award-winning concept waterless toilet system (and how we helped with vital testing) that will bring sanitation equity to the developing world.