Reliable with premium haptics.

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Universally applicable actuators and indicators: push buttons from EAO are the right choice if reliability and first-class haptics are what counts for you.

Push buttons are ideal for mechanical engineering, control engineering, public and private passenger transport, lifting and conveying systems, heavy duty and special vehicles, and the automotive industry.

Advantages

• Intuitive to use
• Excellent haptic feedback
• Large selection of operation areas
• Wide range of colours for lenses
• Wide variety of symbols and markings, including customer-specific options
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Wide range of minimum and maximum switching ratings

Worldwide standard from the pioneer.

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The unrivalled original: EAO is the pioneer of illuminated push buttons. Since their development in 1958, these modular actuators and indicators are found in many applications and have been in rigorous use all over the world, thanks to their reliable visual feedback.

Advantages

• Intuitive to use
• Excellent haptic feedback
• Large selection of operation areas
• Wide range of colours for lenses and illumination
• Wide variety of symbols and markings, including customer-specific options
• Full-face, uniform, and glare-free illumination
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Wide range of minimum and maximum switching ratings

With snap-action switching element.

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Stop switches are different from emergency stop switches because they do not have to be foolproof. Thanks to their snap-action element, they are particularly suitable for use as on/off switches worldwide in mobile control units as well as in apparatus and mechanical engineering.

Advantages

• Reliable switching
• Extremely low back panel depth (18.8 mm)
• Large range of minimum and maximum switch ratings
• Optional illumination
• Wide range of lenses and lens colours
• Resistant to impact, shock and vibration
• Usable down to – 40 °C
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Available with standards-compliant protective shroud

Protecting people and machines.

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EAO's emergency stop switches are designed to reliably protect people from injury and prevent damage to machines, systems or vehicles, even in harsh environments and in tight installation conditions. Emergency stop switches with positive opening function (in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13850 and EN 60204-1) primarily serve to protect people. Emergency stop switches are always foolproof. They are easily recognisable by the red lens with yellow actuator or yellow protective shroud.

Advantages

• 100% switching reliability and foolproof, even in harsh environments
• Low back panel depth
• Large range of minimum and maximum switch ratings
• Illuminated
• Resistant to impact, vibration and shock
• Usable down to – 40 °C
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Available with standards-compliant protective shroud

A turn for the better.

Mechanical turning for success. With our user-friendly potentiometers, you can continuously regulate different resistance values for machines – and over a rotation range of up to 300 degrees.

Advantages

• IP69K protection
• Long service life
• Easy mounting
• Rotational range of up to 300°
• Resistance from 1 k to 470 kΩ

Innovative, intuitive and aesthetic.

EAO's ID keylock switches use innovative "Radio Frequency Identification" (RFID) technology. This allows you simple electronic access authorisations for industrial applications. The devices also impress with their aesthetic design with low front height.

Advantages

• Intuitive and ease of use 
• Authentication of up to 4 users or groups 
• Robust in use 
• Modular construction and quick mounting
• Aesthetic design
• Innovative RFID technology

For effective security.

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With EAO's keylock switches, you can effectively prevent erroneous or unauthorised operations. You can also use them to implement access authorisations for user groups.

Advantages

• Selection of different lock systems
• Different switching angles
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Variety of combinations of momentary and maintained actions 
• Supports all commonly used connection systems

Reliable switching worldwide.

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EAO's illuminated selector switches offer you ergonomic design and reliable visual feedback and status indication. You can equip them with up to three switching levels and up to six contacts. This is ideal for worldwide use in operating systems in mechanical engineering and in dashboard brackets in driver’s cabs of rail and road vehicles.

Advantages

• Intuitive to use
• Excellent haptic feedback
• Switching position easily visible
• Variety of combinations of momentary and maintained action
• Illuminated selector switch
• Full range of base colours for illumination
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Supports all commonly used connection systems

Versatile and durable.

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EAO's selector switches are ideal for worldwide use, whether in operating systems for mechanical engineering, in dashboard supports, or in driver’s cabs and the cockpits of rail and road vehicles. You can equip the selector switches with up to 12 switching positions and up to 16 contacts.

Advantages

• Intuitive to use
• Excellent haptic feedback
• Switch position easily visible
• Variety of combinations including maintained and momentary action
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components

For heavy motor operations.

Thanks to its large operation area, the immediately recognisable palm switch is ideal for use in rough environments. Especially where heavy motor operations are required to trigger a specific command. You can easily operate the device with the flat of your hand, wearing work gloves or with your elbow.

Advantages

• Extra-large operation area
• Maintained or momentary action available
• Quick to install and easy to use
• Robust IP69K front protection

Excellent haptics and durability.

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EAO's mushroom-head push buttons have proven themselves worldwide as on/off buttons in harsh environments. The large operation area also facilitates operation with gloves, opening up a wide range of applications.

Advantages

• Excellent haptic feedback
• Operation area with different diameters
• Large selection of colours and materials
• Illuminated versions
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Support of all commonly used connection systems

Durable, functional and safe.

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The modules are designed for E1 applications and are suitable for safety-relevant applications in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13849. The CAN bus connection ensures an intelligent and free programmability. The robust, modular design with sealing levels of up to IP6K9K according to DIN ISO 20653 and the ability to customize and individually select and arrange the keypad legends make these high-quality devices ideally suited for harsh use in heavy duty and special vehicles.

Advantages

• Robust, ergonomic and innovative design sealed up to IP6K9K protection
• Suitable for functional safety applications according to DIN EN ISO 13849
• Intelligent HMIs with CAN bus integration
• Programmable 4-segment RGB halo ring illumination for function feedback
• High flexibility due to interchangeable ISO 7000 or customised symbols

Series 09 Protective Shroud

The robust and shock-resistant Series 09 Protective Shroud not only provides reliable protection against unintentional actuation and operating errors, but also serves to comply with specific standards in various areas of application. For example, the EN1501-1:2021 standard requires all control and monitoring units on the outside of garbage trucks to be secured against accidental actuation or contact. The new Protective Shroud of Series 09 separates the individual push buttons. The additional guidance of the fingers makes it easy to operate the desired function even when wearing work gloves.

• Prevention of unintentional actuation
• Finger guidance and separation of the individual push buttons
• Reduced risk of operating errors

Driving made easy.

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EAO's lever switches are robust and versatile. They have up to five switching positions and various maintained and momentary actions. They have proven themselves worldwide, especially in driver's cabs in road and rail vehicles and ships.

Advantages  

• Very robust design
• Visible switching positions
• Can be switched in 2, 4 or 8 directions
• Large selection of levers
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Also suitable for switching larger switch ratings

Intuitive and easy to operate.

Toggle switches offer you the advantage of a quickly recognisable switch position. EAO's toggle switches combine intuitive detection of switch position with simple operation and universal applications. The robust design means they are even ideal in harsh industrial environments.

Advantages

• All-purpose
• IP69K protection
• Ease of use
• Plastic or metal versions
• Long service life
• Clear indication of switch position

Whether with maintained or momentary action, as plastic or metal version: toggle switches with two switching positions convince with their long service life and simple operation.

Clever acoustic alarms.

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EAO buzzers generate sound at a predefined volume and tone frequency. The compact dimensions mean you can use them worldwide in machines, medical equipment, lifting and conveying systems, driver's cabs and building technology.

Advantages

• Large selection of designs
• High sound pressure
• Very long service life for electrical and audio components
• Models with wide voltage range

Reliable and efficient.

EAO can develop custom-tailored HMI Solutions for you. These solutions impress through innovative technology, intuitive operation, and reliable functions. You can gain from our expertise in mixed technological solutions of this type, as we deliver benefits from our innovative design concepts through to efficient production and logistics.

Your measurable benefit

• Combinable system-based solutions and expertise
• Global expert knowledge and global service
• Flexible and modular design
• Advantages in terms of cost and time
• Sustainability – including through retrofitting and modernisation