Penny + Giles has published a new technical brochure for its latest CAN output contactless rotary position sensor, the SRH520CN. The brochure looks in brief at the features and benefits the SRH520CN offers and includes all ordering and technical information required by OEMs, including dimensions, performance levels, factory-set and configurable options, electrical connections, etc.

Penny + Giles has introduced two new in-cylinder linear transducers suitable for intelligent mobile hydraulics. The ICT800 and ICT820 models combine the best features of the company’s LVDT and potentiometer technologies into a single, rugged and reliable displacement transducer which, using contactless inductive coil technology, means both provide an almost limitless and maintenance-free working life with a class-leading body-to-stroke leng...

Penny + Giles has introduced the NRH275DR, a new rotary position sensor featuring a slim, low-profile sensor housing and separate permanent magnet assembly. With no contacting mechanical parts that can wear, this latest addition to Penny + Giles’ growing NRH family of rotary position sensors is ideal for specialist vehicle applications in extreme and hostile environments where installation space may be limited. Examples include tip control for ...

With regional support from its Swedish distributor AB Elwia, Penny + Giles – a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and designer and manufacturer of position sensors, solenoids, and joystick controllers – has supplied its SRH280DP rotary position sensors and TPS280DP throttle position sensors to the Chalmers Formula Student team, which competes in the Formula Student racing car series. This testing ground for the next generation of world...

Since its introduction in 2009, the TPS280DP throttle position sensor from Penny + Giles – a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and designer and manufacturer of high precision sensing technology – has become widely accepted as the sensor of choice by throttle body manufacturers, motorsports teams and fast road and track-day enthusiasts.

Penny + Giles has continued the development of its SRH500 range of contactless rotary position sensors with the introduction of two CAN bus interface versions. The SRH520CN is a development of the company’s existing SRH501/2P model. It integrates additional electronics to provide either J1939 or CANopen options according to ISO/DIS 11898. Both versions also feature a 14 bit non-contact Hall effect sensor offering 0.022° resolution.

Penny + Giles is helping gearbox specialist Geartronics to significantly improve the shift times and reliability of its motorsport paddleshift system using Penny + Giles SRH280DP Hall effect rotary sensors.

Brush Traction, part of the Wabtec Rail Group, offers a complete design and installation service for repowering packages that help improve the efficiency of older diesel-electric locomotives and the environmental credentials of train operators and the rail network. Key to both improvements are extremely reliable converted engine governors for the repower packages, which use Penny + Giles LVDT technology to bridge a gap between the old and the new...

Penny + Giles is supplying its STT280 tilt sensors to Stellar Industries for a boom angle positioning application on its range of truck-mounted telescopic winch-line cranes.

Penny + Giles has further expanded the output options of its SRH501P and SRH502P contactless rotary position sensors with the introduction of a 4 to 20 mA version. This expansion of the output options, coupled with their IP69K rating and operating temperature range from -40 to +120°C, makes the SRH501P and SRH502P sensors ideal for use in the majority of factory automation and process control applications.

Penny + Giles has introduced a new heavy-duty, single-axis joystick controller to its JC6000 product range. The company says this is in response to customer feedback and requests for a higher-strength, return-to-centre joystick for use in arduous conditions or applications such as wheeled loaders and heavy plant machinery where high ‘Across Axis’ loads can be an issue.

Following its acquisition of Mechetronics, Penny + Giles will be using its first time at IFSEC to introduce its industrial range of solenoid actuators and promote its joystick controllers and sensors.

Penny + Giles, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and designer and manufacturer of joysticks, sensors and solenoids, has introduced the JC1500, a new single-axis joystick controller designed for heavy duty applications such as off-highway vehicles, where maintaining smooth proportional control is essential.

Penny + Giles, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a designer and manufacturer of position sensors, solenoids, and joystick controllers, has completed the operational integration of industrial solenoid manufacturer Mechetronics Limited into its Penny + Giles Controls division in South Wales. The company has also increased capacity at the Cwmfelinfach design and manufacturing facility to accommodate the new product range.

Penny + Giles, designer and manufacturer of high reliability position sensors for the motorsport industry, launches a new throttle position sensor with dual outputs, the TPS280DP.

Penny + Giles, designer and manufacturer of high reliability position sensors for the motorsport industry, will be launching a range of new contactless Hall-effect linear and rotary position sensors, at Professional Motorsport World Expo 2010.

Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. today announced that it has received a contract from General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) to provide rotary potentiometers for the U.S. Armyʼs STRYKER armored combat vehicle. The estimated value of the contract is up to $300 thousand per year for the lifetime of the STRYKER vehicles, and includes the retrofitting of existing STRYKER vehicles. The rotary potentiometer sensors are located in the suspension of the STRY...

Penny + Giles, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a designer and manufacturer of position sensors, solenoids, and joystick controllers has announced the launch of its new website, www.penny-giles.de, designed to support key German language speaking markets, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The new website is supported by Penny + Giles GmbH, located in Ingolstadt, Germany.

Penny + Giles, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a designer and manufacturer of position sensors, solenoids, and manual controllers has expanded the output options of the company’s rugged SRH501P and SRH502P contactless rotary position sensors. The newly announced analog voltage output options make these sensors ideal for use in Factory Automated systems and Process Control machinery.

Penny + Giles has launched its new robust, hand-operated 12-bit programmable Hall-effect technology-based JC1500 joystick for single-axis operator control of cranes, aerial work platforms and other off-highway vehicle applications. The compact joystick comes with a range of user-defined features, enabling OEMs to quickly and efficiently build safe and reliable control systems.