It had insulated flex lines, but still too much torsional force exerted even though the piping designer was told the constraints to be met beforehand. Project money was gone, the area didn't want to spend their budget on correcting it, so it just faded into oblivion and the operator loaded trucks as he had done before it was installed. Money wasted. I got into as the "Controls Guy" after it was installed and didn't work and the Project Manager asked me to look at it and see what was wrong with the scale system. Which wasn't the problem except it was susceptible to RF.

 

maybe save them for your museum.. you can get them for about $1 each now... play with these...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BF350-3AA-...m28785d38fa:g:mi4AAOSw44BYSU2j&frcectupt=true

they all recommend cyanoacrylate (superglue) for mounting - about 2% strain is what they measure... the circuitry looks like wheatstone bridge used to measure resistance... makes sense.

They also have an amplifier based on LM358 for them.

FWIW, I ordered three of those...just for play and less than the price of a tall skinny latte

 

Those lattes... I gave em up... can get more toys now

 

Those lattes... I gave em up... can get more toys now

Not giving up caffeine although I prefer to grind and brew myself....The Bucks is just to make fun of....as they laugh all the way to the bank.