Product category:
Alarms, annunciators and safety interlocks
News Release from: IDEC Electronics
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 January 2005
Interlock and safety switches from IDEC
IDEC is a global leader in human machine interfaces and a market leader in the Asia Pacific region for industrial pushbuttons and other products.
IDEC is a global leader in human machine interfaces and a market leader in the Asia Pacific region for industrial pushbuttons and other products Each IDEC product is designed for reliability, efficiency, ease of use, low maintenance and conforms to all major international standards
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 22 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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IDEC is one of the few companies to offer a line of enabling switches that meet the latest ANSI and RIA standard for working with robotic equipment.
These standards specifically require the use of three-position enabling switches in teaching pendants.
Our range of HE enabling switches feature OFF-ON-OFF functionality, based on studies showing that the human response in panic situations may be to squeeze or to release.
The contacts will not close when released from position 3 (OFF) to position 1 (OFF).
Door interlock switches are a more reliable alternative to limit switches, providing more security in potentially dangerous locations and ensuring that machinery will not start or operate unless conditions are safe.
The HS series of interlock switches feature direct opening action, which forces the contacts to disconnect when the door or access gate is opened, even if the contacts have been welded shut.
These are available in a variety of sizes, models and contact configurations all with IP67 protection.
Also available are IDEC's range of emergency stops, emergency stop shrouds, light towers and safety relays.
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Push-to-lock, Pull and Turn-to-reset functions are built into the same unit.
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