Current status of load cell in my country

The manufacturing of the load cell industry in my country has gone through more than 50 years since it sprouted in the 1960s. With the economic development of our country, the load cell industry has made great progress and made great contributions to the modernization of China's metrology. At the same time, a large number of backbone sensor manufacturing enterprises such as Changzhou Toledo, Ningbo Keli, Changzhou Hentuo have emerged, basically Formed the current development pattern of China's load cell industry. Facing the turbulent domestic and foreign markets and the ever-changing Chinese economy, there are still very serious problems in the development of load cells in my country.

How big is the sensor market? According to Yang Xueshan, former deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2013, there were more than 6,500 manufacturers and companies engaged in the development of sensitive components and sensors worldwide, with annual sales of approximately US$120 billion and an average annual growth rate of 15%. Military applications account for about 62%.

However, in China, the sensor industry also has problems such as low level, weak R&D strength, small scale, and low industrial concentration. Although China’s sensor sales will exceed 130 billion yuan in 2015, most of China’s sensor applications depend on foreign manufacturers at this stage, especially high-end demand that relies heavily on imports. Sensor imports account for about 80%, and sensor chip imports account for up to Around 90%, there is a huge gap in localization. Sensing technology and products have become a bottleneck restricting the development of industries such as intelligent manufacturing, and there is an urgent need to improve the technological level and scale development of the sensor industry.

Load cells have already penetrated into a wide range of fields such as industrial production, space development, ocean exploration, environmental protection, resource investigation, medical diagnosis, bioengineering, and even cultural relic protection. It seems that load cells will be used in this intelligent production The industry has bright development prospects.