Get a Grip!

Friday, December 2, 2011 by Tina Hueppe
Get a grip... on these grip style enabling switches with optional emergency stop. Idec's HE1G series enabling switch is ideally suited for use as an enabling (aka "deadman") switch for robotic cells.

Idec grip enabling switchAn enabling switch is a 3-position (OFF-ON-OFF) switch to allow a machine operation only when the switch is lightly pressed and held in the middle position (position 2).

The enabling switch disables machine operation when released (position 1) or further depressed (position 3) by a panicked operator so the safety of operators is ensured.

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