J.R. Merritt Controls, Inc. was established in 1986 as the North American licensee for Spohn & Burkhardt GmbH & Co., one of the first manufacturers of industrial switchgear. Spohn & Burkhardt was founded in 1920 by Karl Spohn and David Burkhardt and remains in family ownership. The Blaubeuren factory began as a manufacturer of electric motors, but production was soon extended to include logic elements and controllers. The factory was extended in 1955. New production facilities were added in 1964, 1980,1990, 2006 and 2009 in Schelklingen. The firm has approximately 250 employees. The production program includes control stands for feed machines and both building and ship cranes, and switches, resistors, starters as electric and electronic controllers for many applications. Today exports form an increasing proportion of sales. Clients are served by a dealer system in over 25 countries and are offered carefully customized solutions, as well as a level of post-sales service which is unique in the industry.
North American Exclusive Distributor
As the licensee for Spohn & Burkhardt, J.R. Merritt Controls, Inc. gained its reputation early by offering their new breed of joysticks to the metals industry. By replacing the hard to operate high spring force joysticks being used in steel mills with rugged low spring force joysticks the acceptance of these operator friendly and durable joysticks into steel mills was overwhelming.
As the exclusive North American licensee for Spohn & Burkhardt, we supply their full range of high quality products, including:
Heavy Duty Industrial Joysticks
Dual Axis: VNS0, NNS0, VNS2, VCS0, CS1, NS3, HS2, M0
Single Axis Control Lever: ST0, ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, NS0-SF, NS0-SFA, NS2KA
Dual lever: NS0GG, NS2GG
Rotary Controllers
NS00, NS20
Portable Consoles & Enclosures
T-011, IDV-CS065, T-56, T97A, T-022A,TP022, TP022A
Pendants
H-011, HV, HBV, HD
Operator Chair Systems
FSRH, FSRHD, FSRH-G, FSRHD-G, FSHRD-2G
FSA, FSAD
SV1C
FSB, FSBD
FSK, FSKD
FSR, FSRD
FSMD, FSMDF, FSMMD, FSMMD-SHN
FSAL
SV0G, SV0B, SV0BK
Console units NS0P, NS0PK
Console stands SV0, SV0K
Foot Pedals
SF, FST, FPS, FPW
Resistors
Wire wound resistors
Steel grid resistors
Cast iron resistors
Handles & Grips
Potentiometers, Encoders and sensors
Floor slide systems
SM13008-8, SM13008-7, SM13008-5
Spohn's products and quality quickly earned them a place as the leading provider of control solutions to the crane control market. In addition to cranes, Spohn serves numerous industries, including:
Steel Mills & Foundries
Locomotives
Ports & Ships
Offshore
Forklifts & Access Platforms
Electro-Hydraulic Systems
Material Handling Systems