Applications in industrial environments are a popular area for our products. At Herga, we design and build hard-wearing switches and hand controls with various features and add-ons to make them the number one solution to switching and sensing applications in harsh environments. Types of Heavy...
What is an electrical switch? An electrical switch is a switching device powered by electricity. They can be buttons, hand controls, footswitches or microswitches. They are used to either make or break an electrical circuit (depending on if they are wired normally open or normally closed)....
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...