For a new residential laundry
appliance, a customer wanted to sense appliance tip-over in
order to shut down the appliance for safety. Because of
environmental concerns, the customer wanted to avoid the use of
mercury tilt switches.
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Cherry created a solid-state
mechatronic tilt switch, using a rolling magnet and Hall Effect
technology to provide a shut-off signal when the appliance
exceeded the specified tilt angle.
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For this custom solution, Cherry
employed the following capabilities:
• Virtual prototyping using finite
element analysis
• Rapid physical prototyping using in-
house SLA equipment
• Integration of mechanical and solid-
state components to create
mechatronic solutions
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