Catalogo Crouzet

1. Application
Transportation
Solutions tailored to your applications
b Limit switches
b Microswitches
www.crouzet.com
www.beiduncan.com
www.bei-ideacod.com
b Sensors

2. 2
A company with a worldwide presence,
Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST) offers the
most complete solutions in terms of automation
control components for the Transportation market, through its Crouzet,
BEI Duncan and BEI Ideacod brands.
Well-known for its expertise, and ability to adapt designs to the specific
needs of its customers, CST offers dedicated products at the cutting edge
of innovation.
Quality, environment, health and safety are the driving force behind every
CST project, thus ensuring compliance with standards ISO 9001,
ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949.
All Crouzet, BEI Duncan and BEI Ideacod products are fully compliant
with the RoHS directive.
For the past 50 years, Crouzet, the automation
control component specialist, has been offering
innovative detection solutions adapted to the functional sub-assemblies
used in the agricultural machinery, commercial vehicle and handling
and lifting equipment markets.
Well known for its expertise and its ability to adapt products, Crouzet
constantly strives to improve its products and places quality and processes
at the heart of its strategy, thus complying with standards ISO 14001,
ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949 and the Six Sigma method.
In constantly striving to improve its products for
agricultural machinery, commercial vehicle
and handling and lifting equipment, BEI affirms its presence on the
Transportation market with its BEI Duncan and BEI Ideacod brands.
With 40 years' experience, BEI Duncan specialises in linear and rotary
sensors.
BEI Ideacod offers industrial rotary encoders. The company's strength
resides in its experience in 4 skills areas: mechanical engineering, optics,
electronic engineering and connections.
b Commercial vehicles P. 6-7
b Agricultural machinery P. 4-5
b Handling and lifting P. 8-9
equipment
Contents
Editorial
b Design, Innovation P. 10-11
and Industrialisation

3. 3
b A complete range of position sensors:
For measurement, movement, adjustment,
control or servocontrol applications.
b Standard products with the addition of
factory-mounted auxiliaries or accessories
(connectors, cables, lead outputs, etc):
Assist integration in your equipment,
simplify your logistics and maximise
the reliability of your installations.
b Adapted products:
Develop optimal levels of performance
and functionality needed for your applications.
b Expertise, design and industrialisation
of sensors:
Create special products, made to your
specifications, specifically for your Transportation
equipment.
Added-value
components
Adapted
products
Special
products
Standard
components
Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST):
b Adapted and special solutions, from the initial design, development, industrialisation and after sales
b The customisation specialist: expertise in technologies, adaptation based on years of partnership with manufacturers
b Standard, innovative and reliable products, which are easily integrated into sub-assemblies
b The partner of numerous subtier suppliers and OEM's worldwide
83589 with connector
and cable
Sealed V4
with special casing
Sensor with lever and
customised ball joint
83123 with
special plate
Non-contact
speed sensor
Special PCB
with sealed
Switches (V5)
Wide range of technologies

4. F
C
4
Waterproof limit switch (IP67)
> Special waterproof product: watertight
seal provided by its scraper and O-ring seal
> Long mechanical service life: 10 million cycles
> Connection via cable
> Ease of mechanical integration due to threaded body
> Custom options: cables
B
Hall effect angular sensor
and through-shaft
optical encoder
> Resistance to extended temperature
ranges: -40°C ➞ +125°C
> High resolution: 4096 points/rev
> Ease of integration due to through shaft
design
Agricultural machinery
Digital Hall effect or angular sensor
■ Determines the angular position of the tool
attachment system
Angular sensor
> Excellent accuracy < 1%
> Excellent repeatability
> Wide measurement range, adjustable up to 360°
■ Measures the drive shaft speed of rotation
Hall effect sensor
> Very long service life: 20 million cycles
> Adapted for severe environments: sealed, resistant
to temperature, vibration
> Magnetic technology: stable operation in polluted
environment
■ Steering column, measurement
of the direction angle
C ■ Back of the vehicle
power take off function
A
tailor-made
designs
easy
mechanical integration
■ Brake and clutch pedal
assembly, starter control
and brake indication

5. A
G
B
E
D
5
V3 microswitch
> Reliability of operation, high switch rating
allows direct deactivation of on-board equipment
> Optional wiring with seal and cable harness
(Rast 5 connector and cable connector)
> High current (0.1 ➞ 22 A), very low operating force
> Custom options:
- Connections (solder, clip, screw and PCB tags)
- Range of standard and custom levers
Angular potentiometer and Hall
effect non-contact angular sensor
> Long mechanical service life
> Resistance to extreme climatic conditions
> Excellent repeatability
Trim switch
> 2 or 4 directions
> 1 and 2 poles versions available
> Validation function available
> Waterproof versions available
> Large temperature range: -55°C to +125°C
> Custom cap shape possible
A
D
■ Seat, driver presence detection
E ■ Ball hitch trailer controls
G ■ Instrument panel, control
D
Waterproof limit switch (IP67)
> Resistance to extreme climatic conditions
> Resistance to shock (50 G) and vibration (10 G)
provided by its metal body
F ■ Hopper, detection of arm opening
sealed IP67
resistance to extreme climatic
conditions

6. 6
Commercial vehicles
A G
B
D A
Geartooth digital Hall effect sensor
with non-contact sensing
> Very long service life: 20 million cycles
> Adapted for severe environments
> Very flexible sensing: 0 ➞ 6 mm
> Custom options: choice of magnets, voltage or
current output, ESD protection,
high-temperature casing (+125°)
V4 sealed microswitch
> Sealed (IP67)
> Long mechanical service life
> Dual-current use: switching high
and low currents
A ■ Engine cover and luggage
compartment, detection
of closed position
B ■ Gearbox,
detection of ratios
Sealed potentiometer
> Long mechanical service life: 1 million cycles
> 240° electrical travel - 2% linearity
> Single turn type
> Easy mechanical integration
> Custom options: Electrical angle, mechanical
angle with or without stop, output voltage limiting,
electrical connection via leads and cables
C ■ Instrument panel, analogue
setpoint adjustment
easy
mechanical integration
tailor-made
designs

7. 7
C
F
E
Special waterproof product (IP67)
> Excellent resistance to shocks, vibration and dust
> To simplify design constraints Auto tune function
> Easy mechanical integration
Hall effect non-contact angular sensor/
Angular potentiometer
> Sealed (IP67)
> Long mechanical service life
> Easy mechanical integration
Hall effect angular sensor
and through-shaft optical encoder
> Extended temperature range:
-40°C ➞ +125°C
> High resolution: 4096 points/rev
> Ease of integration due to through shaft design
D ■ Access door, detection
of closed position
E ■ Brake and accelerator pedal assembly,
pedal position detection
F ■ Steering column, measurement
of the direction angle
Potentiometric linear sensor
integrated in the cylinders
> Long service life
> Works in hydraulic liquid
> Wide choice of standard electrical travel
> Easy mechanical integration
G ■ Hydraulic and pneumatic
cylinders, linear position
measurement
sealed IP67
resistance to extreme climatic
conditions
G

8. 8
Lifting and handling machines
A
G
H
G
B
D
Potentiometric and Hall effect
non-contact angular sensor
> Good shock resistance (50 G)
and vibration resistance (10 G)
> High accuracy <1%
> Excellent repeatability
> Custom options: electrical and mechanical angle
A ■ Fork anti-rotation function
Waterproof limit switch
and V4 sealed microswitch
> Sealed (IP67)
> Adapted for severe environments
> Self-diagnostic option alerts the user
when the product requires maintenance
> Switch rating up to 10 A
> Custom options: cables, connector
B ■ Fork, position detection
Angular and linear potentiometer
> Long mechanical service life
> Single turn angular sensor
> Easy mechanical integration
> Custom options on request
D ■ Speed and direction setpoint
on the drag bar head
Waterproof limit switch
> Special product
> Sealed (IP67): watertight seal provided by its scraper
and O-ring seal
> Long mechanical service life: 10 million cycles
> Connection via cable
> Ease of mechanical integration due to threaded body
> Custom options on request
C ■ Brake and clutch pedal assembly,
starter control and brake indication
easy
mechanical integration
d
tailor-made
designs

9. 9
C
F V5 sealed microswitch
> Sealed (IP67)
> Long mechanical service life
> Adapted to manual controls
> Easy mechanical integration
V4 sealed microswitch
> Sealed (IP67)
> Adapted for severe environments:
contamination, shock, vibration, temperatures
> Simple mechanical integration for PCB mounting
> Custom options on request
F
H ■ Drag bar head, control buttons
■ Joystick controller,
position detection
Hall effect angular sensor
and through-shaft optical encoder
> Extended temperature range:
-40°C ➞ +125°C
> High resolution of 4096 points/rev
> Ease of integration due to through shaft
E ■ Steering column, measurement
of the direction angle
Potentiometric and Hall effect
non-contact angular sensor
> Shock (50 G) and vibration resistance (10 G)
> 12-bit resolution (4096 points/rev), microprocessor
programmable as required
> Resistance to extended temperature ranges:
-40°C ➞ +125°C
■ Steering column, servocontrol
of guide wheels
G
E
sealed IP67
resistance to extreme
climatic conditions

10. 10
Design, Innovation and Industrialisation
■ Customer focus
> Understanding the customer's needs
(product, function, environment, lead time)
> Guidance with drawing up the specification
> Recommendation of the most suitable
technological and economic solution
(standard or specialised product)
> Co-engineering
> Joint project team
> Management of pre-production
> Long term customer relationship
> Monitoring of product performance
■ Technical
development
Design offices and laboratories
using the following technologies
> Mechanical (3-D CAD)
> Materials and processing operations
> Magnetism
> Electricro-mecanical
> Electronics (EMC)
> Software programming
> Sensor technologies (Hall effect,
inductive, optical, magnetoresistive)
■ Innovation
Technological innovation spearheading the
products of the future
> Collaborative innovation to give our customers
the best of CST and its partners
> Participative innovation for continuous
improvement of products and processes
> Specialist partnership targeted at projects with a
high technological content

11. 11
■ Production
An industrial organisation meeting its
customers' needs by offering:
> Compliance with process management systems:
Lean Manufacturing and 5S
> Modularity for small volumes
> Dedicated optimized solutions for large volumes
- automatic machines
> Worldwide geographical coverage
■ Logistics
A logistics platform which ensures:
> A direct link with the customer logistics service
> Just in time optimization of production
> Guaranteed availability of supplies
> The best products at competitive prices
> Proximity to all sites worldwide
> Web-based space for customers to track orders
in real time
■ Quality/Environment
> A common objective of 0 ppm
> ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO TS 16949 certifications
> 6 Sigma and 8D processes
> Compliance with the RoHS directive and active
application of the REACH requirements
> Customer project tracking
> Approval of components and monitoring
of specifications
> Continuous development
of the "customer satisfaction" process
A team of experts dedicated to every stage
of the project