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A safe and arm device has a cylindrical body from which a plurality of explosive leads diverge from a rotor movable through an arming angle to electrically and mechanically arm a plurality of detonators and has a rotary solenoid with a shaft oscillating a predetermined number of times when the device is to assume and armed condition. The device has an axle extending alongside the shaft, and a setback weight is mounted oil and helically coupled to the axle to motivate the axle through an angle actuating the rotor through the arming angle. The shaft bears an arcuate pawl having recesses, and the axle bears an arcuate cam having recesses juxtapositioned to the paw. Latch balls are mounted in the body between the paw and cam for movement partially into and from the recesses.

A rotary solenoid providing opposite direction pivoting movement on opposite polarity d.c. energization. The solenoid has a pivoting shaft from which a permanent magnet armature having ends of opposite magnetic polarity extends transversely and oppositely. The armature is disposed between a pair of pole pieces each of which extends along the armature between its ends. The pole pieces are oppositely electromagnetically magnetized by a d.c. winding so that reversing the electrical polarity of the winding reverses the polarity of each pole piece and its attraction of repulsion of the armature ends. The pole pieces are opposite arms of a U-shaped ferromagnetic structure on which the winding is centrally wound, and the shaft is supported by a bearing in a nonferromagnetic bridge between the pole pieces. Patents. (RH), Supersedes PAT-APPL-14 904-87.