Safety Switch Applications for Heavy Duty Vehicles

 

Close-up of a construction site excavator

In saftey systems common to large construction vehicles, CPI switches have long had a role to play. In everyhing  from backhoe’s and diggers, to cranes, work trucks, scissor lifts, and emergency vehicles are small hydraulic cylinders that move a variety of arms and surfaces to and from a terminal position, or sometimes stopping in the middle. One great class of applications for CPI’s Waterproof Switches are as  a highly durable waterproof switch that acts as a position sensors, mechanical engagement sensors, or a manual start/stop control. The important factor is our ability to provide long lasting reliable control.

Consider just a few of the safety applications of our waterproof switch line. All of these are field tested.

1. Dead Man’s Switch
2. Hood down detection
3. Door closed detection
4. Outrigger deployed detection
5. Crane position detection
6. Horn and alarm actuation
7. Valve open/closed sensing

Common to all these applications are the need for an extremely low profile switch that will survive in conditions of wet, high vibration, and heat for long periods.  That’s what CPI waterproof switches are built for.

Position Sensing & Control for Construction Vehicles and Commercial Hydraulic Systems.

While CPI has arguably the world’s most robust solution to position sensing in large hydraulic cylinders from 1m to 30m, smaller hydraulic systems that power commercial backhoe’s, loaders, plows, dump trucks and so many other commercial vehicle systems can also benefit from simple but robust waterproof switches to provide terminal position detection.

Cranes used in truck beds or simple lifting applications can use electric or diesel powered motors to deliver the required lifting force. Indeed many of these cranes use our waterproof limit switches for everything from anti-two-block prevention, to proximity sensors, to start/stop control on panels.

Backhoe/Loaders, Cranes, diggers and all manner of construction and mining vehicles employ hydraulic stabilizers of one type or another for stability during digging operations. Simulated roller switches like our E1092 are often perfect for limit of travel detection due to their durability and small form factor.

Work trucks like dump trucks, bucket trucks, fire engines and many more use small hydraulics to raise and lower and cpi limit switches are a perfect solution to harsh environmental requirements of limit switches used in this environment.

Heavy duty Vehicle Safety Systems Need Reliable CPI Waterproof Limit Switches

Thousands of applications require fail-safe position detection in a harsh duty environment.  That’s what we were built for. Call our engineering team today to discuss your application.

Originally published at: https://www.cpi-nj.com/position-detection-for-vehicular-hydraulic-systems-2/