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CPI Limit Switches in Hydraulic Multiplier Applications.
Hydraulic Multipliers see use in a wide variety of industrial equipment as a cost effective way of driving multiple actuators from a single hydraulic circuit. These systems typically allow the operator to manually activate a conveniently mounted switch which controls
CPI Internal Draw Wire Position Sensors Replace External Sensors in Oilfield Mast Raiser System.
If you’ve spent more than 5 seconds perusing the CPI Website, then you know that toughness and durability are the primary attributes of everything we make. Nowhere is this more apparent than in our newest SL2000MS, our hybrid design, long
Thoughts on Quality – When Cheap is Just Another Kind of Expensive.
The world is full of companies that make a conscious choice to focus on quality and engineering excellence, as opposed to mass producing low cost high quantity commodity goods. Control Products is no exception. CPI decided as a fundamental business
CPI Switches Won’t Kick The Bucket On Bucket Trucks
In vehicles requiring added stability during operation such as cranes, bucket trucks, backhoe’s, fire trucks, and all kinds of powered lifts, it is common to use an outrigger mechanism. Typically, hydraulic, outriggers can provide additional “legs” to a vehicle, making
Industrial Farm Equipment Looks To CPI Ball Switches
Like so many other manufacturing and production industries, automation has become a key part of the economical growth and harvest of agriculture across the United States. Essential to this growth are the large sprayers used to spread fertilizer and crop
Meet CPI at CONEXPO Booth S83809
Hi Everyone, Just a quick note that CPI is excited to be at CONEXPO in Las Vegas this week to meet our friends old and new and talk about all things switches and sensors. We’ll be at Booth S83809 on
CPI Thermal Switches Don’t Need to Come In From The Cold…
Lets face it… electronic stuff packed away in some cramped, poorly ventilated enclosure can get hot. Really hot. And CPI thermal switches are one of the planet’s best solutions to monitoring and shutting down hot equipment in remote places before
Lift Controls Reach New Heights With CPI Switches.
One of the more overlooked uses of CPI’s line of waterproof limit switches may be its selection for a wide variety of outdoor, harsh duty lift activation systems. These systems have a number of attributes that make CPI waterproof pendant
Top 5 reasons Your Waterproof Switches … Aren’t.
Engineers searching for electromechanical switches that are truly waterproof are generally doing so for a few common reasons: Their switch will be used outdoors. (ie. Lawn mowers, generator, etc…) Their switch may be fully submerged for periods of time. (Military Humvee’s,
CPI Announces Patent Approval For Active Protection System Against RPG’s.
In addition to providing advanced electromechanical switches and linear position sensors for harsh duty applications around the world, CPI also holds intellectual property rights for a number of engineered system designs. Perhaps one of the most promising is the RPG