Application of Low-Cost Sensors for the Development of a Methodology to Design Front-End Loaders for Tractors

Table 1

Location of the strain gauges.

Strain gauge	Location
1	Rosette fitted onto the left longitudinal beam in front of the fastening blot for the hydraulic cylinder
2	Unidirectional strain gauge placed onto the front area of the left longitudinal beam, close to the crossbeam gap
3	Unidirectional strain gauge attached to the right longitudinal beam, in a symmetric position to strain gauge 2
4	Unidirectional strain gauge located at the upper fold of the left longitudinal beam
5	Unidirectional strain gauges placed at the top of the parallelogram beams of the left longitudinal beam
6	Unidirectional strain gauges placed at the top of the parallelogram beams of the right longitudinal beam, in a symmetric position to strain gauge 5
7	Unidirectional strain gauge located at the lower area of the outer surface of the front-end loader left support
8	Rosette was placed close to the support area of the front-end loader in the clamping pillar
9	Unidirectional strain gauge fitted onto the front face of the clamping pillar, at the same height where the clamping pillar is attached to the tractor chassis
10	Unidirectional strain gauge placed on the rear face of the clamping pillar
11	Unidirectional strain gauge placed onto the outer surface of the front loader left support, close to the loader’s lock-in mechanism