Solenoids are used in almost every conceivable industry in the world and are well known as an efficient, affordable and reliable actuation alternative.

• Linear Solenoids have multiple applications in both the home and commercial environments, such as appliances, vending machines, door locks, coin changers, circuit breakers, pumps, medical apparatus, automotive transmissions, postal machines and many more applications.

• Rotary Solenoids also has diverse applications in both the home and commercial environments. They are used in machine tools, lasers, photo processing, media storage, medical apparatus, sorters, and fire door closures, just to name a few.

See full line of Rotary and Linear Solenoids from Ledex.

Introducing the Ledex® B12 Series Box Frame Solenoids. At just 2.0 in (50.8 mm) x 1.25 in (31.75 mm) the B12 are the company’s most compact linear open frame solenoids available to date.

A single analytical instrument utilizes as many as 100 solenoids. The collective power consumption of all these solenoids was of great concern for the machine developer.

Their solution was the Ledex STA^® Tubular Solenoid. The magnetic latching design uses power only to initiate movement of the solenoid plunger to the energized position where it is held in position indefinitely by an internal magnet. To return the plunger to its home position, a negative electrical pulse is applied to unlatch the tubular solenoid.

In the food processing industry, high speed / high pressure water jets are used to cut poultry and fish.  Due to the unique features of speed, reliability, and compact size, a manufacturer of food processing equipment has selected a size 4, 30 degree Ultimag^® Rotary Solenoids for its newest generation of equipment.

The design for a camera required a small actuator capable of reliable high-speed shutter operation. The customer also required rigid cost and timeline targets.  Ledex^® design and modeling capability, and experience in manufacturing small solenoids proved to be the perfect match.

Ledex solenoids are ideal for many high speed imaging applications, such as opening and closing a camera shutter. With energizing times as low as 3-5 msec, Ledex solenoid products are among the fastest actuators on the market. Our engineering expertise and manufacturing capability also provide comparably fast track lead times for successful customer project completion.