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At Herga we design and manufacture a wide range of footswitches, they are one of our best-selling product groups. What is a Footswitch used for? There are so many applications which use footswitches. They are present in industrial manufacturing, medical applications, in offices and homes and...
Our light duty footswitches are designed for use in commercial, office or medical environments. They are compact and lightweight and are not suitable for heavy duty industrial applications. Characteristics of Light Duty Footswitches Our light duty footswitches are a cost effective solution...
Our 6256 footswitch is particularly well suited for a safety footswitch for machines, this is because it has many added safety features including an emergency stop feature. We also have a whole range of industrial footswitches which are also suitable. Features of our Safety Footswitches for...
What is a Single Pole Switch? A single pole switch has one input and one output, it has two states; “on” or “off”. They can be wired either normally open or normally closed and can be either latching or momentary. What is a Double Pole switch? A double pole switch...
When the push to break switch is compressed it breaks the electrical connection cutting the electricity flow and therefore switching the device “off”. Pushing the switch breaks the connection – hence the name “Push to Break”. Push to break switches are also called...
Applications for our Medical Foot Pedals Our foot pedals are frequently used within medical applications, some of these are: Medical bed and chair movements Dentistry applications Wound treatment machines Ophthalmology...