LITTLETON, MA – Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace and defense market, has announced the availability of its new family of Hybricon rugged intelligent fan controllers for chassis management. These MIL-STD-461F, MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-704F fan controllers provide intelligent nodes for use in PMBus-based chassis management systems, enabling system designers to quickly and easily integrate system fan monitor and control functions into a Built-In-Test (BIT) strategy for rugged air- and conduction-cooled systems. The COTS fan controllers also provide fault condition reporting to ensure optimal system thermal management and reliability. They are designed for use in a wide variety of demanding chassis applications.
“The Hybricon rugged fan controllers enable variable fan speed control and monitoring for thermal and power management in rugged deployed applications. Sophisticated BIT capability is supported via an industry standard PMBus interface, enabling our customers to protect valuable payload electronics from thermal overload while enabling critical BIT capabilities and reducing acoustic noise and power consumption,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems group.
The fan controllers are provided in both Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control and voltage regulated controller configurations. These rugged fan controllers can be used as part of a PMBus chassis management system to monitor and control various chassis level elements, such as power supplies, fans, displays, front panel controls and indicators. The chassis management system is modular and extensible, allowing it to adapt to the requirements of the specific system application.
Hybricon Rugged Fan Controller Features
– Rugged extended temperature fan controller family supports both PWM fans and voltage regulated fans (-40° C to 85°C) in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled applications
– Supports 12 VDC, 24 VDC, 28 VDC and (special order) 48 VDC fans
– Voltage regulated version can control 12 VDC or 24 VDC fans directly with MIL-STD-704F 28 VDC input power, eliminating the need for a power supply to regulate the fan voltage
– Supports PMBus commands for fan control including:
– Controls fan speed of up to 4 fans
– Monitors up to 4 temperatures
– Monitors up to 4 fan tach outputs
– Programmable thresholds for fan control, warnings and faults
– Fan warning and fan fault
– Temperature warning and temperature fault
– Battleshort mode
– Capable of operating in standalone mode or with up to 4 controllers, 16 fans
– Designed to meet rugged standards including: MIL-STD-461F, MIL-STD-810G and MIL-STD-704F
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems
Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems is one of the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single sources for rugged, integrated solutions that are qualified for military platforms. Our product and service expertise includes Motion Control, Network Centric Computing, Rate Sensor Assemblies, Vehicle Management Computers, High-Speed Recording & Storage, Chassis/Enclosures, Power Supplies, Power Management and Electronic Contract Manufacturing Services. The Electronic Systems group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, visit www.cwcelectronicsystems.com.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
