landing gear

Sensing Components and Systems: Proximity Sensors Configuration Matrix and Datasheets

landing gear

Sensing Components and Systems: Proximity Sensors Configuration Matrix and Datasheets

Proximity Sensing Components

Crane provides both proven, off-the-shelf sensors or full custom proximity sensing solutions. Regardless of the sensor type, we provide complete application and installation support services to ensure that our products will provide a reliable, repeatable position indication function.  

Crane passive proximity sensors offer the highest reliability and are best suited for the most extreme environments of temperature, vibration, shock and EMI. These sensors, which have only two wires, require an external excitation signal which Crane provides and which supports a variety of aircraft system architectures while providing full built-in test (BIT) capability.

Crane active proximity sensors contain all of the electronics necessary for operation within the sensor itself. These are high-reliability, three-wire sensors which are ideally suited for applications that a small number of sensing channels.

Both proximity sensor types are available in full, all-metal construction and with either connectors or flying leads (pigtails). Full all-metal construction, hermetically sealed and operation from -55C to +125C is typical.

 

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Proximity Sensing Configuration Matrix

The table below outlines some or our off-the-shelf products which are ideally suited and proven in landing gear, door, secondary flight control and engine applications.

 

Sensor Type

Physical Configuration

Senses…

Electrical Output

Termination

Crane Part Number
           

Active

0.625” barrel cylindrical

All metals

250ma sinking

Connector

8-527

 

0.625” barrel cylindrical

All metals

250ma sourcing

Connector

8-552

 

0.625” barrel cylindrical

All metals

250ma sinking

Pigtail

8-644

 

0.625” barrel cylindrical – metal face

Ferrous steel

250ma sinking

Connector

80-057

 

0.625” barrel cylindrical – metal face

Ferrous steel

250ma sinking

Pigtail

80-116

 

0.750” barrel cylindrical – metal face

Ferrous steel

500ma sourcing

Connector

8-571

 

0.750” barrel cylindrical – metal face

Ferrous steel

500ma sourcing, dual

Connector

8-860

 

0.750” barrel cylindrical – metal face, right angle

Ferrous steel

250ma sinking

Connector

8-827

 

0.750” barrel cylindrical – metal face, right angle

Ferrous steel

500ma sourcing, dual

Connector

8-884

 

0.750” barrel cylindrical – metal face, right angle

Ferrous steel

500ma sourcing, dual

Connector

8-884

 

0.787” barrel cylindrical

All metals

500ma sinking, dual

Connector

80-133
           

Passive

0.625” barrel cylindrical – metal face

Ferrous steel

Various

Pigtail

8-642

 

0.625” barrel cylindrical – metal face

Ferrous steel

Various

Connector

80-019

 

Rectangular all-metal

Ferrous steel

Various

Pigtail

80-008

 

Rectangular all-metal

Ferrous steel

Various

Connector

8-933