Canfield Connector’s Tilt Switches Offer Safe and Accurate OperationCanfield Connector’s Tilt Switches Offer Safe and Accurate Operation

The tilt switches offer efficient angle measurement in heavy equipment, factory automation, construction, and other applications.

Rob Spiegel

January 30, 2025

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Canfield Connector’s Electronics Tilt Switches Offer Safe and Accurate Operation
Canfield Connector

At a Glance

  • The tilt switches prevent the overturning, falling, or collision of mobile elevated work platforms.
  • Each device passes through a rigorous testing process to ensure reliable performance.
  • The switches control the boom angles and boom height of automatic control sprayers in agriculture.

Canfield Connector has expanded into new markets with the release of its tilt switch. The ETS and EiS series of switches provide valuable position monitoring. The tilt switch also offers efficient and accurate angle measurement in heavy equipment, mobile equipment, factory automation, construction, solar power and other applications.

The company’s new Electronic Tilt Switch (ETS) series triggers a precision output based on user defined specifications within 0.5° of accuracy. The ETS series works similarly to Canfield’s Electrical Inclinometer Sensor (EiS) series, intelligently creating an artificial horizon for measuring the slope, tilt or elevation of an object with respect to gravity. Applications requiring precise tilt measurements and angle sensing include platform leveling, motion limit sensing, boom angle sensing, cameras, machine arm angle sensing as well as mobile security systems.

Both products are essential to applications that merit alerts or changes in operation when equipment is not in an optimal position. “Electronic inclinometers and switches enable customers to perform their operations intelligently, enhancing safety, efficiency and overall performance,” said Todd Harmon, vice president of Canfield Industries. “Our customers know they can depend on Canfield’s innovative products to fit their application and meet their critical requirements.”

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Some common applications for the EiS and ETS series include:

  • Leveling mobile work platforms

  • Prevention of overturning, falling or collision of mobile elevated work platforms

  • Measuring movements in walls or the ground in civil engineering projects

  • Adjusting the optimal angle for solar panels

  • Measuring the angle and height of drilling in well logging

  • Controlling boom angle and boom height of automatic control sprayers in agriculture

  • Measuring range of motion in the joints of the body

Both the EiS and ETS series are designed and manufactured in Youngstown, Ohio. Each device passes through a rigorous and extensive testing process to ensure reliable performance.

Canfield Connector manufactures innovative DIN and Deutsch type connectors, angle and position sensors, and complimentary products for North American manufacturing-based industries. As an ISO 9001-certified company, Canfield Connector designs and manufactures high-quality, durable components in the United States. Canfield products are sold through authorized distribution centers or direct for industries such as OEM equipment manufacturing, construction, food processing, beverage distribution, chemical processing, agriculture, industrial automation and others, and can be customized to meet specific customer requirements.

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About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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