VALVE WITH LOAD CELL

The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve (10) having: a body (11) of the valve containing a control element (12); a neck (15) extending from the body of the valve and connected to a mounting support (17), wherein the neck partially houses a valve stem (13) connected to the control element and further wherein the valve stem extends through the mounting support; a gland ring (22) mounted around the valve stem, wherein the gland ring is partially within the mounting support; a gland retainer (20) mounted above the gland ring within the mounting support; one or more fasteners (18) connecting the gland retainer to the body of the valve; and one or more load cells (50) mounted around the fasteners and located above the gland retainer, wherein each load cell is configured to sense a clamping force between a top surface and a bottom surface of the load cell.