Reliable with premium haptics.

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

Firmly established. Universal in use.

Let there be light: these command devices enable you to enjoy a unique, tactile feedback and reliable operation in any situation. Renowned manufacturers of rail vehicles worldwide depend on Series 04 illuminated push buttons for reliable HMI controls.

The new versions of the illuminated push button, with a reduced actuation force of 3N, are ideal for effortless and safe switching in driver’s cabs in particular. The almost flush-front mounting of these round or square buttons supports modern, durable and robust design in any application. The illuminated push buttons are available in various colours, made of plastic or metal.

Advantages

• Versions with reduced actuation force
• Modern, long lasting and robust design
• Large selection of materials, colours and symbol plates
• Operating temperature from – 40 °C … + 55 °C
• Virtually flush front mounting
• IP65 front protection
  

Excellent haptics and durability.

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

Versatile and durable.

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

Robust. Tactile and long-lasting.

Intuitive operation and increased safety: modern actuators and indicators in public transport must be easy to use above all else. EAO offers tactile and durable illuminated selector switches for use in rail vehicles.

Typical applications

• Driver’s cab
• Operator panels
• Control cabinets 

With single- or dual-colour illumination, selector switches from EAO optimise safety in driver’s cabs and operator panels in an intuitive and immediately visually recognisable manner. The devices boast a tactile feedback combined with fantastic acoustic feedback – as well as offering a user-friendly and highly ergonomic design.

The robust and modular design enables a long service life of up to 2.5 million switch cycles, opening up many possible applications. 

The bright LED illumination offers fantastic visibility even in strong sunlight and in poor light conditions. The clearly recognisable switch position is also safe and intuitive. Together with EAO Value Added Services, easy installation and intuitive operation are possible.

Advantages

• Bright, single or bi-colour LED illumination 
• Modern design with ergonomic, rounded edges (conforms to DIN 5566-1)
• IP65 front protection
• Variety of combinations including maintained and momentary action
• Short and long levers
• Long service life

For effective security.

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

Everything under control.

EAO key-insert switches are used worldwide, primarily in public transport. They can prevent people switching signal systems on or off without authorisation, or using compartments or toilets that are not in use.

Advantages

• Suitable for indoor or outdoor use (IP67)
• Customer-specific key-insert profiles
• Usable down to – 40 °C
• Various switch positions
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Variety of combinations including maintained and momentary action

Versatile in use.

Typically EAO: our lever switches are robust and versatile. They have up to five switching positions and are available with various maintained and momentary actions. They are suitable in particular for driver’s cabs on road and rail vehicles and ships worldwide.

Advantages

• Very robust design
• Visible switch positions
• Large selection of levers
• Very long service life for mechanical and electrical components
• Also suitable for switching larger currents
• Variety of configuration possibilities due to modular construction

Robust and unambiguous.

These versatile indicators with modern and robust design offer impressive performance in almost any demanding public transport application.

Indicators from EAO excel with a combination of clearly visible LED illumination and wide range of operating voltage. The devices can be easily and individually labelled with texts and symbols. They are available in flush or raised design and with round or square lenses. In terms of colours, you can choose between red, yellow, green, blue or transparent.

Advantages

• Modern, long lasting and robust design
• A wide range of available LEDs, voltages and colours (including bi-colour version)
• Easy customised marking with text or symbols 
• Large selection of text and symbol plates
• Operating temperatures of – 40 °C … + 55 °C
• IP65 front protection

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

With snap-action switching element.

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

Rugged and reliable.

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Emergency stop switches from EAO protect people against injury and prevent damage to machines, systems or vehicles – even in harsh environments and awkward installation conditions.

Typical applications 

• Driver’s cabs in the transport area 
• Main operator panels for machines 

Advantages

• Up to four switching contacts
• Various connection options
• Complies with fire protection standard EN 45545

Technical data

• Mounting cut-out: 22.3 mm
• Screw, plug-in or spring-type terminal 
• IP65 front protection 
• Twist or key to release
• Silver or gold contacts available 
• Switch rating max 500 V, maximum 10 A

Clever acoustic alarms.

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

Designed to exceed the highest industry standards.

The EAO Series 04 is based on a wide range of switching elements. From the self-cleaning snap-action switching variants, which provide distinctive tactile and acoustic feedback during operation and ensure reliable switching in low-level applications, to the slow-make switching elements suitable for high switch ratings, which are a must for emergency stop switches - EAO covers all application requirements with the 04 series.

Typical applications

• Railway
• Industrial machinery
• Electrical control systems
• Automation systems

Advantages

• Maximum safety thanks to high-quality materials and compliance with globally
  relevant safety standards
• Sustainable components with a long lifetime, responsible manufacturing and
  backward compatibility with earlier product versions
• Flexible installation options with five different connection types (screw
  terminal, screw for ring cable lug, single and double plug connection, Push-in
  Terminal (PIT))
• Various contact materials and contact configurations enable a wide range
  of applications, e.g. slow-make switching elements with positive opening action
  for emergency stop switches
• Snap-action switching elements with self-cleaning contacts and unique
  tactile feedback.

With this new version of the Series 04 switching
element, we not only meet the current requirements in a wide range of but also
enable our customers to be well equipped for future requirements – for greater
safety, reliability and sustainability in vehicles or machines. 

Safe. For every application.

As part of Series 04, EAO offers an innovative lamp block. With two LEDs, it facilitates safe and reliable dual illumination.

Typical applications

• Driver’s cab
• Operator panels
• Control cabinets

This illumination accessory is suitable for all illuminable devices in Series 04. The dual lamp block increases operator safety in the driver’s cab or at the operator panel intuitively and with rapid visual recognition. 

The LED lamp block enables visual indication of different statuses in one device. Thanks to the intermittent triggering of both inputs on the dual LED display, the operator can be quickly certain that everything is functioning correctly – or be alerted, as if the input signal fails (0 VDC) the dual LED warning indicator flashes. The intermittent input signals are generated by an external control. The LED technology is durable and offers homogenous, clearly visible illumination, even in strong sunlight and in poor light conditions.

Advantages

• Allows one device to display different states
• Dual indication safely signals the failure of one input signal
• Designed for all illuminated devices of the proven Series 04
• Reliable LED technology enables long service life
• Two separate LED's in a single lamp block