The Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has extended financial assistance to Puretronics India Private Limited, Mumbai, for the commercialization of LMO – Load Measurement Overload Sensor. The project is presented as India’s first fully contactless programmable load measurement system and is intended for industrial automation uses where reliable load monitoring is safety-critical.
The announcement matters because it sits at the intersection of science and technology policy, manufacturing competitiveness, and import substitution. The public support is aimed at moving an indigenous sensing technology into manufacturing scale rather than keeping it at the development stage.
What the LMO system is meant to do
According to the government release, the LMO platform replaces conventional mechanical stress-based sensing with a non-contact magnetic measurement principle. It is described as suitable for:
The company says the system is designed for elevators, material handling systems, cable machinery, industrial automation equipment, cranes, and hoists.
The release highlights the following design features:
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