Dillon Running Line Tensionmeter
Designed to monitor tension loads on wire, rope, or cable, the Dillon tensiometer has been used in construction, bu utility compainies, in oil fields and manufacturing plants.
One of it's popular uses is in the stringing of underground cable. It continualy monitors cable tension, allowing even sensitive fiber optic cable to be drawn for miles through underground conduit without being damaged or broken.
Features
The Dillon RLT Running Line Tensiometer.
For measuring tension on running wire cable, Dillon offers the Running Line Tensiometer (RLT). The RLT is available in eleven capacities from 20 lb. to 40,000 lbs. The overload rating of every RLT is two times its capacity. Speed, distance and tension measurements are shown on a digital indicator.
Design of the RLT is deceptively simple. It employs three precision engineered roller bearing sheaves mounted in a rigid frame. The line to be monitored is threaded under the outer sheaves and over the center, pivoted sheave which rests against a Dillon electronic load cell. See photo at right. As tension increases, the center sheave compresses against the load cell. This force is transmitted as an electrical signal to the indicator where it is displayed as a direct reading of line tension.