Force Sensors
HBK Force Sensors and Force Transducers with strain gauge or piezo technology measure static and dynamic tensile and compressive loads - with virtually no displacement.
Hoytom has always relied on HBK brand products due to the confidence they have in the accuracy and reliability of HBK U10M force transducer.
Hoytom is a company that specialises in making quality control equipment and electromechanical and electrohydraulic machines for material tests. The capacities of their machines range from 5 kN up to 2000 kN for tensile tests and even more for compression testing.
The Hoytom laboratory has been certified by the ENAC [Spanish National Accreditation Body] since 1996 and provides calibration services on the customer’s premises, issuing the relevant certificates on the condition of their machines, including all areas of force, stress, strain, and hardness. Hoytom’s test machines are the hidden guarantee that ensures that many products on the market meet the function for which they were designed. Test machines are used throughout the manufacturing process of a product − from raw materials to the many intermediate parts that go to make up an assembly.
Founded in 1961, Hoytom is a Spanish company located in the Basque town of Leioa, near Bilbao, with a staff consisting of experts in the field of static destructive testing, where they stretch or compress devices under test until breakage. Hoytom is a family company going back three generations. Ever since the early days back in the 60s, Hoytom has acknowledged and understood that quality, drive, and the best equipment are key factors to being competitive in the complex world of testing at national and international levels. Testing is as complex as it is surprising.
Anyone who is unfamiliar with testing would be surprised at its size and scope. Everything that reaches the market, the end consumer, industry, construction or most modern businesses, will have undergone some form of test or quality control. Today, it would be unthinkable for a chair to break after a few days of use, or a vehicle component to succumb to physical stress, or a pipe being unable to withstand the internal pressures of the liquid running through it. The guarantee for this not happening is the countless tests performed on materials and components. And these tests and controls are carried out with machines such as those manufactured by Hoytom, and which incorporate top-quality equipment to ensure reliable and accurate results. All this is done in line with the needs of profitability, lead times and other requirements set by the users of these machines.
Hoytom has always demanded top quality load cells for their machines because this is the only way to ensure that the most important aspect of this activity – the data – is totally reliable. Equipping their machines with HBK load cells is a way of offering the very best standards in the sector, that way machines can be sold with a three-year warranty. What’s more, incorporating the HBK brand in their testing machines and hardness testers is an extra marketing tool, as the market values the assurance and quality that this equipment offer.
Anyone who enters this little-known sector soon finds out that testing is a pervasive activity that guarantees the quality of virtually any item in any sector with an incredibly wide range of testing procedures.
Hoytom equipment has always been involved in this field and continues to do so. Hoytom machines have tested many different items – from nuts, bolts and different types of steel, to composites, automotive structures, aircraft parts, cables and concrete. At Hoytom, the managers say they feel most comfortable when dealing with large machines and tests with a certain degree of complexity. Of course, the functionality of the machines is the most important requirement, but for several years now, the company has also offered attractive designs to equip their customers facilities. All this work has come with its own reward: the company now exports 50% of its machines.
The load cells integrated into the Hoytom test machines ensure maximum accuracy throughout the measurement ranges. Combined with Hoytom’s own test control software and with custom-designed electronics, maximum performance, and accuracy are achieved with simple and intuitive use. This level of quality allows Hoytom to enter the international market, to export 50% of their machines and to count on the loyalty of customers that rely not only on the experience and knowledge that Hoytom has to offer, but also on the underlying technology of their machines.
Hoytom was founded in 1961 by Don Cipriano del Hoyo and is currently managed by the third generation of the family. The 60's were years that stood out for the weight that the industry began to have in the Basque Country. The new companies saw the need to buy machinery, which used to be acquired in leading European countries such as Germany or even transoceanic countries such as the USA, however foreign trade was not as fluid as it is today.
HBK Force Sensors and Force Transducers with strain gauge or piezo technology measure static and dynamic tensile and compressive loads - with virtually no displacement.
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