Technical Blog Archive

Footswitches with Guards

Guards are a popular addition to many of our footswitches, for this reason, we have some guards which can be used with a range of our switches meaning most of our footswitch have a guard option available.  Benefits of Using Footswitches with Guards Footswitches with guards are selected...

Foot Pedal Switch

As a foot switch manufacturer we believe that we have a foot pedal switch to suit any application. Many of our products have a stock model for fast delivery or for specific custom applications we also have features which can be customised and a range of accessories compatible with many of our...

Push Button Switch Types

The different types of push button switch that we can offer are; Momentary Latching Electric Pneumatic “Push to make” “Push to break” These options do tend to overlap, for example a requirement may be a momentary pneumatic push to make...

Safety Footswitches

Our 6256 is one of our newest footswitches and has features for it to be used as a safety footswitch. Our safety footswitches contain an emergency stop feature which, when compressed, will cut the power to the machine it is connected to. This is useful in industrial manufacturing applications...

USB Foot Pedal

USB foot pedals are compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems and are available as multi-pedal footswitches to be used for multiple functions.   Features of our USB Foot Pedals  Our USB foot pedals can be programmed by the user to simulate up to three...

IR Switches

Types of IR Switches and their Applications  We have two different types of IR switches here at Herga The first is our 6310 and 6311 hand control with a receiver. The hand control is wire free and the receiver can be placed onto a device allowing the user to be able to operate it from a...