Custom Electronics, Pressure and Temperature Sensors, Switches, Transducers Manufacturing & Parts Distribution

Benz Engineering specializes in the design, development, certification, manufacture and distribution of custom electrical systems, sensors, switches, transducers and related products

Benz Engineering specializes in the design, development, certification, manufacture and distribution of high quality, custom electrical systems and sensors for the aerospace, aircraft, rotorcraft, defense, flight test, marine, military ground vehicle, resource exploration & production, and test instrumentation & measurement markets as well as other various industries that require high reliability products for use in critical applications and demanding environments.  Special emphasis is placed on pressure and temperature measurement systems, indicators, transducers, switches and diagnostic equipment.  Benz engineered products, and the products of our partners, feature solid-state designs.  Our technologies include piezoresistive silicon sensors for the latest in state-of-the-art, dielectrically isolated, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for making precise pressure measurements, and platinum RTD thin film sensing elements for measuring temperatures from the cryogenic region (-452°F) up to and in excess of 2000°F.   These technologies and their revolutionary design make them suitable for use in high vibration, high acceleration and high temperature environments exceeding the capabilities of most other sensor technologies.  They are proven reliable, extremely accurate and rugged offering excellent performance characteristics and have been widely used for pressure and temperature applications that include the monitoring and control of aircraft engine systems, fuel systems, hydraulic systems (brake, flaps, rudder), tire pressure systems, environmental control systems, engine oil, transmission oil, fuel, bleed air, engine torque, main gear box oil, cabin air, coolant, and oxygen pressure; Flight Test and wind tunnel testing applications used to validate design concepts and testing the limits of the unknown where sensors are installed on wings, engines, propellers, fuselages, and miniature scale models to sense high intensity dynamic pressure and steady state pressure changes and the effect they have on an aircraft; automotive power train testing,  air bag testing, power steering systems, anti-lock braking systems, exhaust gas measurements, fuel injection systems, and in-cylinder pressure measurements; marine engine control systems, firemains, air guns, depth sensors, rudder control systems, subsea wellhead controls, equipment health monitoring and predictive maintenance systems, and shipboard high and low pressure air compressors; and blast test pressures.

With more than 40 years experience in military and commercial markets, customers have come to know and trust Benz Engineering for all their electronic pressure and temperature sensing and control needs.  Customization, wide ranging experience and our ability to overcome technical challenges is key to Benz’s success and problem solving is what we do.  Whether it is for use on a new application or a legacy system, Benz can design, develop, and manufacture custom electronic systems to meet your exact requirements with additional capabilities for managing the test, qualification and certification of your products into the marketplace.