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Emergency Breathing Equipment
Essex manufactures a range of emergency breathing equipment, referred to as smoke hoods, which aid individuals in a variety of emergency, rescue, and escape situations from fire, smoke, and toxic chemicals. Applications include commercial airlines, corporate jets, U.S. government agencies, military, law enforcement, homeland defense, first responders, high-rise building occupants and industrial companies both domestic and international.
Products & Services
Essex Platform Controls & Aircraft Components Catalog
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Essex products are on board nearly every US fighter, trainer, bomber, and cargo aircraft currently in operation worldwide. An industry leader in military fighter aircraft human machine interface controls, Essex
also has several successful launches of ground combat vehicle and rotor-wing aircraft controls, including collective and cyclic grips, pedestal assemblies, and cockpit control panels. We’re honored to work with leading Aerospace and Defense OEMs and serve advanced aircraft programs.
also has several successful launches of ground combat vehicle and rotor-wing aircraft controls, including collective and cyclic grips, pedestal assemblies, and cockpit control panels. We’re honored to work with leading Aerospace and Defense OEMs and serve advanced aircraft programs.
Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul
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Essex Industries has been manufacturing high quality engineered products for the Aerospace and Defense market since 1947. In addition to supplying new requirements, we provide an option to customers for the maintenance, repair or overhaul of their current equipment, with our same high standards for quality.
Control Panel Assemblies
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Essex manufactures control panel assemblies for aerospace and defense platforms, drawing on long-standing expertise and success in electromechanical systems.
With vertically integrated manufacturing, Essex controls the full production process from component sourcing to final assembly. In-house engineering teams support early-stage development with design-for-manufacture input, rapid prototyping, and first-article troubleshooting to help programs meet technical and schedule goals.
Assemblies are built to customer specifications and tested in-house to meet functional and environmental standards. Essex supports production across the program lifecycle, from initial builds to full-rate output, offering the flexibility to adapt to evolving requirements and maintain schedule integrity.
With vertically integrated manufacturing, Essex controls the full production process from component sourcing to final assembly. In-house engineering teams support early-stage development with design-for-manufacture input, rapid prototyping, and first-article troubleshooting to help programs meet technical and schedule goals.
Assemblies are built to customer specifications and tested in-house to meet functional and environmental standards. Essex supports production across the program lifecycle, from initial builds to full-rate output, offering the flexibility to adapt to evolving requirements and maintain schedule integrity.
Essex PBE (Portable Breathing Equipment)
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Designed for performance, safety, and reliability, the PBE is a proven design that has been in service worldwide in commercial aviation fleets since 1989. Thousands of units have been actuated over the years in product development, testing and actual use. Read more on our website and contact Essex with questions.
Platform Controls
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Essex Industries began providing quality engineered products to the aerospace and defense industry in 1947 and it continues as a leading supplier today. Essex Platform Controls are custom engineered to meet applications for military fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, domestic and international airlines and military ground vehicles.
Providing stick and throttle grips, collective and cyclic grips, pedestal/post assemblies, cockpit and equipment control panels. Essex meets the customer's production, upgrade, and retrofit requirements by bringing manufacturing expertise, program management, engineering, procurement, technical staff, and quality/compliance controls.
Providing stick and throttle grips, collective and cyclic grips, pedestal/post assemblies, cockpit and equipment control panels. Essex meets the customer's production, upgrade, and retrofit requirements by bringing manufacturing expertise, program management, engineering, procurement, technical staff, and quality/compliance controls.
Build-to-Print Services
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Essex combines state-of-the-art technology and over 76 years of experience in MIL-SPEC aircraft testing environments. They excel in understanding customer requirements and associated standards and tackle new technology challenges in advanced aircraft platforms, new retrofit, and new maintenance programs.
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Description
The Essex PBE (Protective Breathing Equipment) is a portable, self-contained, personal smoke hood using compressed aviator grade oxygen as its source of supply to flight crewmembers. The PBE smoke hood dons in only 15 seconds, with a unique design that eliminates the need for an oral/nasal mask. The amber-tinted hood provides 270° of visibility and the elastic neck seal requires no adjustment. The PBE provides 15 minutes of oxygen, and one size fits most adults.
The Essex PBE (Protective Breathing Equipment) is a proven design that has been in service worldwide in commercial aviation fleets since 1989. This lightweight smoke hood is used by 90% of the commercial airline Industry in the United States, as well as many major international airlines.
PBE is offered in a wide variety of stowage options. See Crewmember PBE Stowage Options for the configuration list. Essex allows you to choose the size and material of your stowage container.
The Essex PBE (Protective Breathing Equipment) is a proven design that has been in service worldwide in commercial aviation fleets since 1989. This lightweight smoke hood is used by 90% of the commercial airline Industry in the United States, as well as many major international airlines.
PBE is offered in a wide variety of stowage options. See Crewmember PBE Stowage Options for the configuration list. Essex allows you to choose the size and material of your stowage container.
