Applications

Automotive
Applications: Crankshaft, Transmission speed, Engine speed, dynamometers, Performance vehicles
Sensor usage: a range of Mag-pickup or hall effect sensors particularly (speed and direction) may be used for this particular application.  

Aviation/Aerospace
Application: Fan control, Solenoid, Test equipment, Antenna, Engine control, Switches
Sensor usage: VR speed and Hall effect sensors are used for these types of applications.
 
 

Off highway, agriculture, construction
Application: Dynamometers, Crankshaft, Transmission control, Engine speed control, Cement mixers, lifters, tractors, harvesting machines, trucks.
Sensor usage: OEM and assembly manufacturing companies in this industry that require data acquisition for their rotational or flywheel applications. Also proximity switches used for ON/OFF functions used in industrial machinery.

Railroad
Application: Locomotive Speed control , Diesel engines, Transmission , Switches
Sensor usage: Typically VR speed sensors used for speed control of the diesel engines. There are also some hall effect applications such as proximity switches for control systems.
 

Power generation
Applications: Gen-sets, Panels, Diesel engines, Power turbines, Wind Mills
Sensor usage: Mag-pickup or Hall Effect speed sensors for measuring the speed of the flywheel.
 
 
 

Military
Application: Engine control, Bradley transmission, Various light armored vehicles, GPS systems, Missiles, Mining equipment
Sensor Usage: Range of Hall effect and VR speed sensors for different applications requiring data acquisition for speed and position.

Biotech
Application: Centrifuge Speed measurement, Proximity switches
Sensor usage: VR and Hall effect speed sensors used for different medical equipment using control systems. Hall effect proximity switch is also used for these systems. 
 
 

Exercise equipment
Application: Speed control, Distance measurement
Sensor usage: VR and Hall effect magnetic sensors used for reading the speed on Treadmills, elliptical, and step masters. Any other machine that requires sensing speed, direction and distance can be a potential application for magnetic sensors.