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Wow ! This is just EXACTLY what I was looking for. Awesome. It'll help even out the load if one motor is ahead. I'll buy a bunch of those :D There is no switching mechanism though..

Balcunore, cheers again for your time I am having a hard time finding any load cell that simple. Most of them are analog and cost more than $150. I'll look further into it, and if you have a suggestion on the name, i'll find it rather soon ^^ Basile

Well, as it turned out on a simulation, the tilt of the tank does not change much. For an inclination of 1%, on a tank of 20t, 8m diameter, 8m height and 7 jacks, the forces vary from 3.12e+004 N for the most charged jack to 3.01e+004 N for the least loaded. For 5% inclination, (which is huge!)...

Thank you Baluncore. I will make some simulations and tell you my plan as soon as I have one ^^.

Guys thanks for the heads-up, but my problem is much simpler than that =) Because fortunatly, I do not have to re-design the tanks nor the jacks. These have already been tested on the field for years with a nominal load of 2,5 tons. I simply have to "upgrade" the lifting from manual to...

Hi Baluncore, Thank you for your answer. Exactly. We are actually building new tanks, so they don't contain any fluid. Yes, the question is, how much ? That is a very good point. The jacks look like this : http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8128/0h7o.jpg , and they all pressed from inside...

Hi dear PF'ers, I have to develop a tank lifting system similar to the picture : http://www.astanks.com/Lifting%20method.JPG . The lifting would be distributed evenly over a dozen of chain hoists pulled by motors. Each chain hoist has a maximal load of 5 metric tons. Because the motors...