Position sensors are essential in today’s agricultural and construction machinery, significantly improving the performance, efficiency, and safety of activities in these industries.
We have year-long experience in heavy vehicle sensor applications and our sensors can be found in vehicles of almost all big manufacturers of agricultural, construction and material handling machinery. Our clients appreciate the close collaboration, fast implementation time and our ability to jointly develop exactly the right product for their needs.
As a prime example, our Play Resistant Arc Position Sensors are groundbreaking and have helped our clients improve precision and reliability while simultaneously reducing cost across all levels of the product lifecycle. We draw from our experience with multiple technologies, can adapt our existing products or build a completely new very rugged position sensors for agriculture and construction from scratch
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Agriculture and construction equipment often operate in harsh conditions, exposed to extreme weather, moisture, chemicals, dust, shock, and vibration. To ensure reliable performance, the switches and sensors used in these applications must be exceptionally rugged and durable
APPLICATION EXAMPLES
SKID STEER BUCKET POSITION
The forces acting on buckets in construction machinery often lead to changes in the air gap between articulated joints during a vehicles lifetime. Our large diameter arc sensors based on inductive technology in combination with tilt sensors can automatically adapt the bucket position to horizontal position.
LINEAR OR ROTARY PEDAL POSITION
Non-contact pedal position sensors based on inductive or Hall-effect technology are part of modern pedal-by-wire systems that replace conventional mechanical linkages. Depending on the required level of functional safety, redundancy measures can be implemented while retaining the benefits of simple mounting and low-maintenance operation.
STEERING WHEEL SENSORS
To measure the steering angle, our through-shaft sensors can be fitted directly onto the moving shaft which means movement is measured directly at the source. This approach simplifies mounting and reduces necessary maintenance. Full-redundant sensors or several sensors mounted on the same shaft can be used to implement the feature in safety-critical systems.
TRACTOR HITCH POSITION
Determining the position of large articulation shafts, such as hitch arms, is often done by transmitting the motion through complex linkages to shafted sensors. Instead of using a sensor module based on linkages, we have introduced the Play Resistant Arc Position Sensor. The direct measurement approach not only leads to higher accuracy but also facilitates validation, reduces the bill of materials, avoids several installation steps, and thus cost in production.
FORK HEIGHT AND POSITION
Non-contact angular or linear position sensors are utilized in forklifts and loaders to measure the height of the fork on the mast, the width in fork shifters or the tilt of the mast. Driveline and hydraulics electric motors can be softly controlled too. All our contactless position sensors are made to withstand typical warehouse environments.
JOYSTICK CONTROLS
Cabin controls such as joysticks or hand throttles are exposed to harsh environmental conditions and require precise sensor technology to transmit the hand movement to the vehicle. Our miniature rotary position sensors, or depending on the requirement Printed Electronics, fit in the limited available installation space and provide precise control of 2D or 3D movement.
Other Sensors for Off-Highway:
| Articulated dump trucks | Excavators | Wheel loaders | Road pavers |
| Concrete pumps | Mobile cranes | Tower cranes | Asphalt pavers |
| Backhoe loaders | Motor graders | Crawler dozers | Telescopic handlers |
| Crawler excavators | Dump trailers | Forklifts | Hydraulic hammers |
| Concrete mixers | Asphalt surface recyclers | Compactors, rollers | Skid-steer loaders |
| Mini excavators | Telescopic wheel loaders | Crawler cranes | Concrete vibrators |
| Wheel tractor-scrapers | Drilling rigs | Pneumatic tools | Suction excavators |
| Tractor units | Slipform pavers | Pipe layers | Tracked loaders |
| Roll-off trucks | Hydraulic shears | Track-laying machines | Load hook |
| Telescopic excavators | Concrete and mortar equipment | Vibratory plates | Formwork systems |
| Asphalt surface repavers | Hydraulic crushers | Crawler loaders | Dump bodies |
| Wheel dozers | Compact milling machines | Road-marking machines | Heavy-duty trailers |
| Tracked excavators | Electric material handlers | Walking excavators | Concrete pumps |
| Tandem rollers | Tracked pavers | Pneumatic hammers | Circular saws |
| Concrete injectors | Stationary concrete pumps | Roll crushers | Hydraulic gripper |
| Tracked cranes | Roll-off containers | Duty cycle cranes | Stationary crushers |
| Tracked material handlers | Motor graders | Telehandlers | Wheel tractor-scrapers |
| Hydraulic cutters | Grabs | Mini cranes | Wheel scrapers |
| Mini wheel loaders | Slipform pavers | Combination rollers | Heavy-duty tractor units |
| Concrete vibrators | Telescopic leader masts | Wheeled material handlers | Compact loaders |
| Wheel scrapers | Road-surface rippers | Dump trailers | Telescopic loaders |
| Grout pumps | Tracked bulldozers | Tracked milling machines | Tracked loaders |
| Tracked compactors | Tracked dump trucks | Tracked excavators | Tracked rollers |
| Tracked trenchers | Tracked trucks | Wheeled dozers | Wheeled loaders |
| Wheeled scrapers | Wheeled trenchers | Wheeled vibratory rollers | Wheeled excavators |
DOWNLOADS
Application Overview:
Off-Highway Vehicles
Brochure:
Off-Highway Vehicles
Hall-Effect Rotary and Linear Sensors
Application Note:
Position Sensors for Forklifts
Arc Position Sensors for Material Handling
