Process weighing & force measurement solutionsfor the harshest industrial environments.
A weighing or force measurement system is only as reliable as the load cell that survives the environment around it. BLH Nobel designs precision load cells, weighing instruments and complete weighing systems that hold their accuracy for decades — through heat, vibration, side loads, washdown, corrosion and shock.
Two legacies, one brand: BLH traces directly to the company that invented the bonded strain gage; Nobel grew out of Sweden's Bofors Industries, shaped under the ownership of Alfred Nobel. Today that combined expertise develops and manufactures in-house in Sweden, serving customers in more than 100 countries.
blhnobel.com →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDLoad Cells & Weigh Modules
Shear-beam load cells, weigh modules and force sensors — led by the flagship KIS series — standard or fully custom, for tank, silo, vessel and process weighing.
Weighing Instruments
The G6 modular multi-channel process instrument plus transmitters and indicators — process and control on one platform, single- to multi-channel.
Force Transducers
Strip, web and roll-force measurement for steel, paper, foil and film production lines — tension under control at any line speed.
Complete Systems & Service
End-to-end engineered weighing systems — including on-board — with installation, field service and accredited calibration for the system's whole life.
Trusted where conditions are hardest.
Roll force, strip tension, ladle and converter weighing across the steel plant.
Explore Steel →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDHygienic, traceable batching and vessel weighing for pharma, food and chemical.
Explore Pharmaceutical →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDOn-board weighing to automotive standards for off-highway and commercial vehicles.
Explore On-Board Weighing →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDWeighing and force data feeding closed-loop process control and automated production.
Explore Automation →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDBLH Nobel’s industries.
KIS: engineered to measure only what matters.
The patented KIS double-cantilever shear beam adds a second cantilever sleeve over the sensor I-beam, so the applied load always sits directly over the gage sensors — a floating load point. The result: virtually immune to side forces up to 100% of capacity, thermal expansion, vibration and twisting. Where ordinary load cells need check rods, stay rods and on-site recalibration, KIS installs simply, arrives factory-calibrated, and holds its accuracy for decades. Inside: Micro-Measurements foil strain gages in a temperature-compensated full Wheatstone bridge — VPG technology end to end.
0.01% repeatability≤0.05% combined errorSide forces to 100% — no effect1–500 kNFactory calibratedOIML · NTEP · ATEX · IECEx · cFMus
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G6: the next generation of a 20-year field-proven platform.
The G6 multi-channel process instrument succeeds the G4 — the industry-standard weighing and force-measurement instrument proven in the field for more than two decades. Modular hardware with up to six field-upgradeable modules, customizable application software for batching, tank and silo weighing, roll force and crane weighing, multiple interfaces and high-speed communication — in a robust aluminum housing built for the same environments as the load cells it reads. Developed and manufactured in-house at BLH Nobel, it protects customers' existing investments while moving them to current technology.
Explore the G6 →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDEngineered to specification: there is almost nothing we can't customize.
Most measurement problems aren't solved by picking a part number. BLH Nobel's deepest asset is application engineering: decades of in-house design and manufacturing expertise in Sweden, adapting sensors, instruments and software to the customer's space, environment and process — and staying involved from first sketch to commissioning. The proof is in the field:
Volvo CE — OEM design-in
Custom load cells and amplifiers, built to automotive standards in Degerfors, are the on-board weighing system in Volvo Construction Equipment articulated haulers — standard in the Americas, optional worldwide. Fully automatic payload control on every cycle.
Read the Case Study →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIRED1,200-ton silo, limited access
Four customized 300-ton low-profile KIMD-M modules with specially adapted load plates, where standard geometry wouldn't fit — installed without disrupting construction, with three-channel G-series instrumentation.
Read the Case Study →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDTension in a wet, corrosive tissue machine
Pick-up felt tension measurement engineered into an existing installation in a wet and corrosive environment — re-thinking the process saved the customer significant time and cost.
Read the Case Study →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDFrom first sketch to lifetime calibration.
Accredited Force Laboratory
ISO 17025 accredited since 1984 — traceable calibration and qualified measurement data for audits, approvals and decision support.
Service & Field Calibration
Installation, preventive maintenance, repair and on-site calibration keep systems accurate for their entire service life.
Certified for Regulated & Hazardous Work
OIML, NTEP, ATEX, IECEx and cFMus approvals across the range — pharmaceutical traceability to explosive atmospheres.
Two legacies. One brand.
United under VPG, the combined expertise of BLH and Nobel has served heavy industry since 1955 — from the invention of the underlying physics to today's complete weighing systems.
BLH
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton founded BLH Electronics in 1955, carrying forward the 1940s invention of the bonded strain gage — the sensing principle inside nearly every load cell made since. US-rooted process-weighing and force-measurement pioneer.
Brand History →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDNobel
Born from Bofors in Karlskoga, Sweden — the industrial group once owned by Alfred Nobel — the Bofors load cell division became Nobel Elektronik in the mid-1980s. Swedish engineering culture: in-house development and manufacturing to this day.
Brand History →EXTERNAL LINK REQUIREDSolving a measurement problem? Talk to a BLH Nobel engineer.
From a single hygienic load cell to weighing across an entire plant — one team owns the result, from first sketch through commissioning to lifetime calibration in an ISO 17025 accredited force laboratory. That's the difference between buying a load cell and solving a measurement problem.