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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