Typical applications

Today, more than
195.000 SCHMIDT tension meters
are used worldwide
Wherever precision and superior quality are essential in producing and processing SCHMIDT tension meters are indispensable in production monitoring, quality control, automation, and process engineering. In response to today`s needs involving new advanced materials and stricter production standards, SCHMIDT offers the worldwide largest selection of tension meters:
20 different series, 80 models and more than 2000 possible variations.
The product range includes both hand-held models and online tension meters, each available as mechanical and electronic versions.

SCHMIDT tension meters are used throughout the world in a wide variety of typical as well as special applications.
A few samples are shown below.

Should you need customized solutions to your measuring problem, please contact us. We will be glad to design a model for your special application.

In the Optical Fiber Production
e. g. winding machine

In the Wire Industry
e. g. for wire drawing or winding machines

In Wire EDM Technology
for machines to remachine profiled cutting tools

In the Man-Made
Fiber Production e. g. doubling twister

In the Textile Industry
Online tension sensor to control the bobbin creel

In the Knitting Industry
exact adjusting of yarn feeders of circular knitting machines

In the Wire EDM Technology
The correct adjusted tension is the condition for best exact cuts

In the Fiber Producing Industry
e. g. for winding machines

In Industries
processing carbon fibers

In the Solar Industry
e. g. Wafer cutting machines

In the Automotive Industry
producing tires and Airbag-fabrics

Currency Printing and Letter Sorting
Precise adjustment of the transport belt ensures that the product is not damaged during transport

In the Aircraft Industry
Producing parts made by fiber-reincorced materials for airplanes on embroidery machines

In the Medical Industry
e. g. producing bandages and sutures

For Technical Fibers
Producing harvesting nets and protection nets with warpknitting machines

In Satellite Technology
Before launching accurately tension setting of the cables holding the solar panels

In Telecommunications
Continuous tension monitoring is essential in the production and processing of copper wires and optic fibers

In the sewing industry
For adjusting yarn breaks on industrial sewing machines