Cammenga
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Tritium Navigation; Tactical Weaponry |
| Founded | 1992, Holland, Michigan, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Holland, MI, USA |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Michael D. Alexander (President) & (CEO) |
| Products | Lensatic Compass; EasyLoader; EasyMag |
| Employees | 40 - July 2009 |
| Website | Cammenga.com |
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Cammenga is an outdoors products company, most known for their high-grade compasses and weapon applications. They are the official supplier of the US Army compass.
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[edit] Profile
Cammenga was founded in 1992 as the official supplier of the Tritium Lensatic Compass to the U.S. Military. This contract with the Department of Defense makes Cammenga the World's largest manufacturer of military compasses. Today Cammenga develops, manufactures, and distributes a wide variety of products to military, law enforcement, and commercial markets around the world.
Cammenga also provides tritium light source integration services to companies all over the globe. Facilities include a clean room environment for the assembly and testing of tritium products and critical devices. The Cammenga assists with tritium product design, NRC approval processing, tritium installation, and product testing.
Cammenga claims to be ISO 9001:2000 certified.
[edit] Products
[edit] Tritium Lensatic Compass
The M-1950 U.S. military lensatic field compass, designated the Model 3H compass is fitted with self-luminous tritium vial lighting, and required to meet an inherent accuracy standard of + or - 40 mils (2.25 degrees) from actual magnetic azimuth.[1] The compass is required to meet a shock test consisting of dropping the compass from a height of 90 cm (35 in.) on a solid surface covered with 10 cm (4 in.) of plastic-covered sand.[2]
[edit] EasyLoader
Cammenga's custom rifle magazine loader. Used by fighting forces and sport shooters.
[edit] EasyMag
Cammenga firearm magazines:
MODEL EM3-556 - 30 ROUND - NSN: 1005-01-569-1863
MODEL EM2-556 - 20 ROUND - NSN: 1005-01-573-6771
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ MIL-PRF-10436N, Performance Specification, Compass, Magnetic, Unmounted, 31 OCT 2003, Article: 3.4.9.3. Compass error. The error in magnetic azimuth, including that caused by pivot friction, shall not be greater than 40 mils (see 4.4.1.8). 3.4.9.4 Friction error. The error caused by friction between the pivot supporting the dial and its bearing shall not be greater than 20 mils (see 4.4.1.9.3). 3.4.10 Illumination. The compass shall have internal, self-exciting light sources of constant luminosity for sighting and reading.
- ^ MIL-PRF-10436N, Performance Specification: 4.4.3.4 Durability...The compass in the open configuration, if applicable, shall be dropped from a height of 90 cm, alternately on its face, side and bottom, onto a solid surface covered with 10 cm of 40 grit kiln-dried sand. The sand may be covered with a sheet of plastic not greater than 2 mils thick.
[edit] External links
- Cammenga homepage
- Visit also the Online Compass Museum
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