The broad category of “Work Trucks” or “vocational trucks” includes vehicles from ambulances to class 8 heavy trucks weighing over 33,000 pounds . Unlike cars and your consumer oriented pickup truck, these vehicles really work for a living, and are… Continue reading Safety Systems on Work Trucks
At CPI, we’ve been telling people for years about the robustness and reliability built into every USA designed and manufactured waterproof switch that we make. For applications from recreational vehicles, to advanced military and avionics applications, CPI switch hardware gets… Continue reading Military Grade Waterproof Switches
The design of the modern work truck is moving forward at an amazing pace. With long haul trucks, the focus has been on collision avoidance systems and advanced controls for fuel economy, but dump truck builders have long had a… Continue reading Dump Truck Safety System Design
In June of this year, CPI was approached to help sponsor an entry in the 14th International Submarine Race held June 22-26 at the U. S. Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock test tank facility in Bethesda, MD. The contest is… Continue reading CPI Sponsors International Submarine Races
In fact, we’ve been having one for over 70 years now. Our J4 series waterproof ball switches might be considered the belle of the ball, when it comes to high performance, high electromechanical endurance, waterproof ball switches. The CPI J4… Continue reading You Can Have a Ball With Our Waterproof Switches
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… Continue reading CPI Limit Switches in Hydraulic Multiplier Applications.
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… Continue reading Thoughts on Quality – When Cheap is Just Another Kind of Expensive.
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… Continue reading CPI Switches Won’t Kick The Bucket On Bucket Trucks
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… Continue reading Industrial Farm Equipment Looks To CPI Ball Switches
While there are hundreds of part numbers in our waterproof limit switch line, there’s only a couple basic ideas you need keep straight to understand how it all works. For the engineers among you, here’s an equation that might help.… Continue reading Panel Mount Pendants Keep The Neighborhood Clean
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