Stepping up the control game: Linemaster’s foot switches, tailored to customer needs

Linemaster can customize its foot switches.

Linemaster Switch Corporation offers the continent’s top selection of foot switches, and a key advantage of working with this manufacturer is its willingness to customize its products. These custom foot switches are specially designed and constructed to meet customers’ individual requirements, especially for businesses that make original equipment. These custom models are available to clients only in production quantities, and the Linemaster team accepts orders for them on a direct basis.

Saving customers time and money

Any modification to a standard catalogue item is considered a special by Linemaster, no matter how small (no nameplate, for instance). Custom cable services are available, so the company can offer a complete foot control assembly according to the customer’s specifications. Custom options from which to choose include special paint finishes, nameplates, mounting provisions, and packaging. The Linemaster crew can also use its considerable foot-switch experience to design an appropriate pedal, to save time for customers while avoiding expensive design pitfalls.

All these customized foot switches are manufactured on a proprietary basis. Among the custom elements that have been available from Linemaster in the past:

• Custom cordsets. Available as part of a complete foot-switch assembly or separately.
• Custom nameplates. Special nameplates and custom warning labels.
• Environmental performance. A range of standard foot switches that meet the requirements of IEC 529, Type IP68, and/or IEC 60601-2-2 for protection against access to, and the entrance of, foreign objects and water to the electrical switching elements and connections. The company achieves this by sealing the enclosures or the switching elements.
• Gold alloy contacts. Special foot controls with gold alloy contacts, such as basic snap switches with contacts rated one Amp 125 VAC.
• Multi-pedal controls. Often available as standard twin units. Other multi-pedal combinations available on special order.
• Multiple listings. All Linemaster solutions comply with the UL and/or CSA Group safety standards, and clients can request the UL and CSA logos on the nameplates. CE, FDA, and RoHS certifications are also available.
• Private labelling. Customized foot switches with nameplates that are identical to the Linemaster standard, but with the customer’s name and address.

To learn more, contact Linemaster.

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