Curtiss-Wright’s Actuation Division announces that its new Exlar Tritex EVA electric valve actuator has achieved CSA Class 1, Division 2 (C1D2) Hazardous Location certification. It also outperformed American Oil & Gas producers’ expectations for rugged field test operations in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The Tritex EVA answers the demand for an efficient, high-speed solution…
Curtiss-Wright’s Actuation Group earns Minnesota governor’s safety award
Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s Actuation Group today announced that its Exlar facility located in Chanhassen, MN, received the Meritorious Achievement Award in Occupational Safety as part of the Minnesota Governor’s Safety Awards. The Chanhassen site produces Exlar electromechanical actuation technologies, and earned the award by reporting better than industry average recordable rates and scored between 50 and…
Single-axis paddle joystick incorporates latching and overpress functions
Curtiss-Wright Industrial division has announced the launch of the JC1210, a single-axis paddle joystick that extends the company’s recently-introduced JC1200 family by incorporating latching and overpress functionalities and offering multiple mounting solutions in a single body. This makes the new joystick controller ideal for use in control panels and armrest assemblies found in material handling…
Contactless Thumbwheel Roller Works in Joysticks and Industrial HMIs
Curtiss-Wright Industrial division has announced the launch of the JC050, a Hall-effect thumbwheel roller that is suitable for integration within joystick hand-grips and other in-cab human-machine interfaces (HMI) in specialty off-highway vehicles. Designed by the Corporation’s brand family of Penny & Giles, the JC050 features a low under-panel depth of 23mm and return-to-center functionality over…
Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls launches new Exlar brand FTX Series actuators
Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls Division today announced the release of the second frame size of its next-generation Exlar brand FTX Series actuators. These high-force electric rod style actuators now offer higher performance and ease of maintenance than previously available. More after the jump. The FTX Series actuators leverage more than a decade of experience successfully […]
Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls Launches Next-Generation Electric Actuator
Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls Division today announced the release of its next-generation Exlar® brand FTX Series actuators. These high-force electric rod style actuators now offer higher performance and ease of maintenance than previously available. The FTX Series actuators leverage more than a decade of experience successfully replacing hydraulics in high-force, high-duty cycle applications in harsh…
Next-gen electric actuators for high forces
Curtiss-Wright Sensors & Controls Division today announced the release of its next-generation Exlar® brand FTX Series actuators. These high-force electric rod style actuators now offer higher performance and ease of maintenance than previously available. The FTX Series actuators leverage more than a decade of experience successfully replacing hydraulics in high-force, high-duty cycle applications in harsh […]
VPX SBCs use new Air Flow Through cooling standard
Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has announced that it will support the new VITA 48.8 Air Flow Through (AFT) cooling standard with a range of 3U and 6U modules…
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Curtiss-Wright Selected to Support the U.S. Army multi-mission launcher program
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) announced that it has received an initial contract to supply elevation and hatch control electromechanical actuators for use on the U.S. Army Multi-Mission Launcher (MML) in support of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) program. Under the agreement, Curtiss-Wright will provide modified solutions based on its Exlar® electromechanical actuation technologies, as…
ATEX rated explosion-proof linear actuators
Curtiss-Wright Corporation has expanded its Exlar® linear actuator line to include the EL120 explosion-proof linear actuators. The EL120 linear actuators meet ATEX requirements for use in potentially explosive atmospheres…
Curtiss-Wright Implements PROFINET IO Communications on Tritex II
Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE:CW) announced that its Exlar business units will implement the PROFINET IO with its Tritex II actuators. PROFINET is the Ethernet based automation standard of PROFIBUS…