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We develop and manufacture reliable, durable electromechanical applications with microswitches.

Microswitches are mechanically actuated electric switches. DIN 41635 and DIN 41636 define snap-action switches, and distinguish between forms A to E (installation dimensions, terminal types, switching system).
Minimum dimensions, combined with maximum reliability offer snap-action switches a wide variety of applications. With these switches, the movable contacts are moved via a snap-action mechanism. The switching process is triggered by a fixed force over a fixed actuation distance.

The snap-action mechanism ensures a switching speed that is largely independent of the actuation speed, with fast and precise switching characteristics. Thanks to the snap-action mechanism, the switching points are precisely reproducible and any arcing that may occur is quite well extinguished. Snap-action switches can switch both logic circuits / low currents and high current loads safely and precisely. Mechanically up to 10 million times, depending on the series. The electrical life of course will strongly depend on the type and level of the electrical load.

Due to the mostly low switching capacities, the main areas of application are in control circuits. They are most widely used in the automotive and white goods sectors – here they are used billions of times a year. A major advantage of microswitches is that very little force is required to actuate and switch them.

The particularly long life time of several million switching cycles makes this type of switch very reliable.

We manufacture microswitch applications for you, from prototypes and very small quantities to series production of several 100,000 units per year, and offer microswitches and accessories from our warehouse in annual quantities of 1 to hundreds of thousands.