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Honigmann Tension Meters, Mechanical

ABQ Industrial offers a comprehensive selection of professional Mechanical Tension Meters from industry-leading manufacturers including Hans-Schmidt, Checkline, Zivy, and Bareiss (part of our complete Tension Meters catalog). Engineered for textile mills, wire drawing plants, cable manufacturing, screen printing workshops, and paper machine maintenance, these battery-free analog tensiometers provide reliable, maintenance-free tension verification across running filaments, stationary ropes, and sheet materials.

Whether your application requires monitoring delicate yarns down to 0.5 cN on high-speed textile machinery, measuring heavy tension on running wires and pretensioned wire ropes, testing screen printing frame mesh, or verifying dryer felt tension on operating paper machines, our catalog delivers robust housings, jeweled movements, and precision ball-bearing guide rollers for demanding shop-floor environments.

F.A.Q.

What is the difference between the Hans-Schmidt ZF2/ZD2 and the DX2 Series?

The Hans-Schmidt ZF2 and ZD2 are compact, lightweight tensiometers with a thumb-activated outer roller mechanism designed for low-tension textile yarns and fine filaments (0.5 cN to 300 cN). The Hans-Schmidt DX2 Series features a heavy-duty cast-aluminum pistol-grip housing with a lever-operated roller shifting mechanism and built-in material thickness compensation, supporting higher tensions up to 20 kg (and up to 50 kg on the DX2H).

Can I use a standard 3-roller yarn tension meter on pretensioned, non-moving ropes?

No. Standard 3-roller tensiometers like the DX2 are designed for running (moving) lines where the material feeds freely over the outer rollers. For stationary, pretensioned wire ropes and fiber cables up to 4 mm in diameter, use the Hans-Schmidt DNW Tension Meter, which uses a high-leverage clamping arm to deflect fixed lines accurately.

How does the Checkline STM-50 measure screen printing mesh tension without power?

The STM-50 rests directly on the stretched screen mesh and uses its own calibrated dead-weight to deflect the fabric against three contact points, displaying the exact mesh tension in Newtons per centimeter (7–50 N/cm) on a shock-resistant mechanical dial.