With Morehouse Portable Calibrating Machine, you can benefit from a laboratory-grade force calibration system in the field.

 Quick-change tension adapters, quick-adjust calibration height, and quick setup will save your valuable time in the field; while the calibrator provides precision force measurements.

Morehouse Portable Calibrating Machine features:  

Morehouse Portable Calibrating Machine (Model: PCM2K) was designed with field calibration requirements in mind, and with the goal of providing all necessary force calibration tools in a portable package. This calibrator gives you accurate and stable force measurements in a robust and low-maintenance design. The system is equipped with several time-saving features that enable a quality force calibration where portability and time are of critical importance. Additionally, with Morehouse continuous support, you can expand the capabilities of this system to accommodate a wider range of force sensors such as shear web load cells, S-type load cells, force gauges, button load cells, beam load cells, etc.

  •  Available capacities: up to 2000 lbf
  •  Tension and compression calibrations in one setup
  •   Fine adjustment of the calibration load
  •  Quick-Change Tension Member system to use a variety of tension adapters
  •  Quick calibration height adjustment
  •  Quick reference standard change capabilities
  •  Capable of measuring forces as low as 0.005 lbf based on the resolution of the reference standard used
  •  Low-maintenance, manual operation system


Recommended Adapters

Morehouse Hand held Force Gauge Adapter sets have been designed to calibrate handheld force gauges accurately and easily in Morehouse Portable Calibrating Machine.

The kit provides many combinations and adapts to several handheld force gauges commonly available on the market.

This tension adapter kit was designed specifically for using with Morehouse Portable Calibrating Machine to perform force calibration in tension mode. The adapters are utilized to mount the unit under test into Portable Calibrating Machine and prepare a tension setup.

The kit includes several thread sizes found in most commonly used force instruments available in the market, within capacities up to 2000 LBF. These adapters combined with the quick-change adapter system built into Portable Calibrating Machine help with force alignment and improve your calibration results.

What buyers say about Portable Calibrating Machine?

Dan Caesar, Calibration Engineer (Testing Machine Company)

The portable calibrator testing went well! It met more than our needs in the two functions I tested, being its ability to hold load and the stability of the hand wheel.