Sentran

What Sentran does

Sentran, LLC is a US-based manufacturer of precision force and weight measurement hardware, headquartered at 4355 Lowell Street, Ontario, California. The company's product portfolio spans five primary lines: load cells (offered in compression-only, universal, tension link, beam, and moment compensated configurations), weigh modules (in mild steel, stainless steel, and hermetically sealed stainless steel variants), instrumentation (digital indicators and junction boxes), transmitters and amplifiers (rated for hazardous environments), and custom-engineered load pins. Underlying technology centers on strain-gauge-based force and weight measurement, with proprietary configurations including moment-compensated platform cells and hermetically sealed assemblies intended for harsh industrial environments.

The company operates a sales-led, direct B2B go-to-market, distributing primarily through its own website with a request-a-quote system for custom specifications and an e-commerce interface for standard catalog items. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; transactions are quote-based, indicating project- or specification-driven sales rather than commodity e-commerce. Customer segmentation is horizontal, addressing medical and life science, laboratory, and industrial use cases — the latter spanning aerospace, automotive, food and beverage, heavy equipment, material handling, mining, petrochemical, and process control. The company holds multiple certifications relevant to regulated and hazardous environments, including CE, FM (with diamond approval marking), ATEX, CIP, ISO, IP67, IP68, and RoHS. Founded circa 2015 per website copyright, Sentran also maintains a legacy product catalog (255 Series weight controllers, Caston crane scales, HFS floor scales, JD/JE/JG3 transmitters, KB3 indicators, and MA/MB weigh modules), indicating an inherited or rebranded product base.

Name

Sentran

Legal name

Sentran, LLC

Website

https://sentranllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Sentran, LLC is a California-based manufacturer of load cells, weigh modules, instrumentation, transmitters, and custom load pins serving medical, laboratory, and industrial customers requiring precision force and weight measurement solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Load Cells and Weighing Systems

NAICS

Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Weighing & Force Measurement (Load cells, scales, torque, strain measurement) (IMAGAFAF)

Keywords

• Force measurement sensors
• Load cell manufacturing
• Industrial weighing systems
• Custom load pins
• Weight transducers

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Ana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Direct sale of load cells, weigh modules, instrumentation, and transmitters. Standard product catalog with custom engineering capabilities for specialized requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sentran, LLC designs and manufactures precision force and weight measurement hardware, including load cells (compression-only, universal, tension link, beam, moment-compensated, and miniature configurations), weigh modules in mild and stainless steel, hermetically sealed platforms, digital indicators, junction boxes, signal transmitters and amplifiers, and custom load pins and force transducers. The products are certified for hazardous-location and ingress-protected use (FM-Diamond, CE, ISO, IP67/IP68, RoHS) and are sold to industrial, medical and life science, laboratory, and space and science customers.

Product overview

Sentran offers a unified portfolio of precision force and weight measurement solutions consisting of core product lines: load cells (available in compression-only, universal, tension link, beam, and moment compensated configurations), weigh modules (in mild steel, stainless steel, and hermetically sealed variants), instrumentation (digital indicators and junction boxes), and transmitters/amplifiers. The company also provides custom load pin and custom load cell engineering services. Legacy product lines include the 255 Series controllers, crane scales, floor scales, and the JD/JE/JG3/KB3 instrument families. All products target medical and life science, laboratory, and industrial applications requiring high precision measurement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Load Cells Configurable precision load cells offered in compression-only, universal, tension link, beam, moment-compensated, and miniature configurations, intended for integration into industrial weighing and force measurement systems.
• Weigh Modules Weigh modules in mild steel, stainless steel, and hermetically sealed configurations used to mount vessels, hoppers, and platforms and to integrate load cells into process and OEM weighing systems.
• Instrumentation (Digital Indicators and Junction Boxes) Digital indicators and junction boxes that provide display, summing, and signal routing for load cell and weighing systems in industrial and process applications.
• Transmitters and Amplifiers Signal transmitters and amplifiers, including JD, JE, and JG3 series devices, that condition load cell outputs for use in process control and hazardous-environment applications.
• Custom Load Pins Custom-designed load pins engineered to customer-specific geometries, capacities, and installation constraints for applications such as cranes, vessels, and specialized industrial and aerospace uses.
• Custom Load Cells and Force Transducers Custom-engineered load cells and force transducers designed to customer specifications for unique force measurement requirements in specialized industrial, laboratory, and scientific applications.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Direct peers

• Rice Lake Weighing Systems: Rice Lake is a US-based manufacturer of load cells, weighing modules, indicators, and complete scale systems for industrial, medical, and laboratory markets. It is a close direct peer in weigh modules and indicators, and shares Sentran's horizontal industrial/medical/lab segmentation.
• Interface Inc. Interface Inc. is a US-based manufacturer of precision load cells, force sensors, and torque sensors for test and measurement, aerospace, medical, and industrial applications. Its custom and standard load cell offering is highly comparable to Sentran's product line.
• Transducer Techniques: Transducer Techniques is a US-based niche manufacturer of load cells, force sensors, and related weighing instrumentation. It is a similar-sized direct peer focused on custom and standard force measurement products for industrial test, medical, and laboratory markets.
• HBK (Hottinger Brüel & Kjær): HBK (formerly HBM) is a global supplier of force, torque, weight, and pressure sensors, including load cells, weigh modules, and instrumentation. Its force measurement portfolio competes head-to-head with Sentran in industrial, laboratory, and test/measurement applications.
• Vishay Precision Group: Vishay Precision Group manufactures foil-based strain gages, load cells, force sensors, and weighing modules under brands including Tedea-Huntleigh and Sensortronics. It is one of the most direct competitors to Sentran in compression, tension, and beam load cells for industrial and process weighing.
• Flintec Group: Flintec designs and manufactures precision load cells, weighing electronics, and force sensors for industrial weighing, process control, and medical applications. Its compression, tension, and beam load cell range competes directly with Sentran's catalog offerings.
• FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology: FUTEK is a US-based manufacturer of load cells, force sensors, torque sensors, and pressure sensors with strong custom engineering capabilities, similar to Sentran's custom load pin business. It serves medical, aerospace, automotive, and industrial test applications.

Broad incumbents

• Mettler-Toledo International: Mettler-Toledo is a global leader in precision instruments and services for industrial and laboratory weighing, with a load cell and weighing module portfolio that overlaps Sentran's full-stack offering. It is the dominant incumbent across Sentran's medical, laboratory, and industrial weighing target markets.
• Honeywell Sensing & IoT: Honeywell's Sensing & IoT division produces a broad portfolio of force, load, and pressure sensors alongside thousands of other industrial sensors. As a broad incumbent, it competes with Sentran in select load cell and transducer categories, particularly in aerospace and heavy industrial.

Regional players

• Loadrite (Auckland) / load cell OEM peers: Loadrite (and similar regional load cell OEMs like PT Limited and Keli) are regional weighing and force measurement specialists. They are comparable to Sentran in product scope but serve different geographic territories, illustrating both the global fragmentation of the load cell market and the headroom for international expansion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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