Ground Vehicle product line examples.

1. Advanced Technology
for Ground Vehicles
Products for Transportation and Defense
Featuring
LEACH® High Reliability Components
and Custom Equipment

2. LEACH® products, the industry’s leading Specification Design — Designing, • Magnetic circuits and materials
electrical switching components for more manufacturing and qualifying new • Light, rugged designs that meet military
than 90 years, draw upon a long history of products based on customers’ specifications
innovation and engineering expertise. The specifications
groundbreaking technologies incorporated High Reliability Components for
Requirement Design — Working with
throughout the years are now combined Hostile Environments
customers in developing specifications to
with Esterline Power Systems’ extensive The comprehensive LEACH product line
design, manufacture and qualify products
design and manufacturing abilities to and Esterline Power Systems’ extensive
to specialized requirements (the most
provide smaller, lower cost, lighter weight, experience in developing component
extensive of all processes)
and lower-power-consuming devices products for electrical systems offer
and assembly options. These qualities Design, Engineering and distinct advantages when manufacturing
make LEACH devices ideal for military Manufacturing Capabilities custom equipment, relay panels and
ground vehicles and high-end industrial Our extensive design and manufacturing assemblies. Significant size reduction,
equipment used in extreme and hostile background is complemented by the latest lower power consumption, structural
environments. engineering equipment and processes. integrity and “intelligence” to monitor
Using a variety of leading-edge simulation critical system components are key
and design software, such as ANSYS©, features of many LEACH products. In
MAGNETO©, OrCAD©, Autodesk addition to compact rugged construction,
Inventor™ and others, our engineering many devices are environmentally or
department designs and develops custom hermetically sealed, and are qualified to
components and equipment. We also the appropriate military specifications.
maintain specially equipped electrical/ These products provide customers
mechanical laboratories and model/test major design advantages coupled with
engineering shops. significant cost savings and include:
Relays and Control Devices
These extensive resources allow
• DC low level to 75 Amp devices
us to provide:
• Coil suppression with a variety of
• Custom specifications
contact configurations and mounting
• Application-specific screening styles available
• Qualification or application-specific • Solid-state and electromechanical time
testing delays, sensors and power monitors
LEACH components are produced on product
lines qualified to military standards. The company • Extensive environmental and electrical featuring reliable hybrid microelectronic
maintains ISO 9001, AS9100 and MIL-STD-790 testing circuitry
certifications.
Additional Esterline Power
Services Tailored to Client Systems capabilities include:
Requirements Design:
While Esterline Power Systems’ • Component selection
engineering and manufacturing expertise • Control devices
covers all levels of product development,
• Solid-state switching devices
we can customize our services to meet
specific needs of each client in any of the • Relays and contactors
following general service categories: • Equipment and assemblies
• Field Programmable Gate Arrays
Build to Print — Manufacturing products
(FPGAs)
using customer-supplied drawings
• Equipment and SSPC software
Customized Component — Customizing
our existing products to facilitate design Layout and Electrical/Mechanical:
and manufacture of equipment • Equipment assemblies
Replacement Design — Using • PCB layout
customers’ existing products as a guide to • Hybrid layouts (sizing, location, heat LEACH subminiature and miniature relays, from low
design, develop, manufacture and qualify dissipation) level to 75 Amps, have long set the industry standard
replacement products for performance and reliability.
• Hermetic packages

3. Power Contactors Advanced Solid-state Power A Partial List of Customers
• DC single-pole and 3-phase devices up Controllers (SSPCs) Using LEACH Components in
to 1,000 Amps • Up to 220 Amp ratings Ground Vehicles
• Environmental sealing against • Built-in overload and short-circuit BAE Systems Hägglunds
contaminants protection Hägglunds CV90 Combat Vehicle
• Rotary and solenoid configurations • Remote control on/off reset capabilities BAE Systems Land & Armaments
Bradley Fighting Vehicle
• Unique interface capabilities • Fast acting and trip free
General Dynamics Land Systems
• Low coil power designs • Low power dissipation Abrams Main Battle Tank
• Smart electronics and Ground Fault • Simplified and reduced wiring
Interrupt (GFI) protection available
• No derating for load types
• Designed for DC systems
• Serial databus interface with onboard
computer systems
• Variety of status outputs
• Programmable ratings
General Dynamics’ Abrams main line battle tanks,
used in the most extreme environmental conditions,
benefit from LEACH, high power solenoid contactors
and solid state switching devices designed to
The heavy duty M708 series 700 Amp, 1PST-DM
withstand high levels of shock and vibration. (Photo
power contactor, designed to the performance
courtesy of General Dynamics Land Systems)
standards of MIL-R-6106J and European certifica-
tions, is housed in a dust-proof metal can with a GIAT Industries
polarized and protected coil. GIAT Leclerc
IDF Ordnance
Merkava Main Battle Tank
LEACH Solid State Power Controllers (SSPCs)
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH
employ the latest micro-controller and Power FET
Boxer Armored Personnel Carrier
technology incorporated into a Printed Circuit Board
Leopard Main Battle Tank
(PCB). They feature non-derated switching for all load
Puma Tank
types; protect against overload and short circuit; and
include extensive Built-In-Test (BIT) to verify all critical
functions at start-up and during operation.
The heavy duty 7000 series power contactors
feature a non-latching solenoid design and are
offered in ratings from 55 to 400 Amps. MIL-qualified
and special units are also available.
The Boxer wheeled armored personnel carrier,
manufactured by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH,
features LEACH environmentally sealed relays,
time delays and power contactors for highly reliable
Esterline Power Systems’ packaging capabilities performance. (Photo courtesy of ARTEC GmbH)
range from simple to complex and feature LEACH Krupp Mak
compact, rugged components and assemblies. Tank Recovery Vehicle
Lockhead Martin
Multifunction Utility/ Logistics and
270Vdc high voltage contactors provide the benefits Equipment (MULE)
of ceramic-sealed contactors but at a reduced size,
weight and cost. These high reliability components
are hot-switch capable, hermetically sealed and
feature built-in coil suppression. They meet the
performance requirements of MIL-PRF-32085.

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