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Lockout Features Guard Against Accidental Activation

  • Joysticks and toggles with lockout features, plus guards for switches, protect equipment from operating when it shouldn't. 


  • Heavy equipment operators often roughly bump, pull and push against items in their cabs. Switch guards and OTTO Controls’ JHM joystick and toggles with lockout capabilities provide an extra safeguard from equipment jolting into motion when and where it shouldn’t.

    The center lockout feature in the JHM joystick helps prevent accidental activation because an operator must pull the lever up to move the handle out of center and activate the corresponding function. The joystick returns to the center position when released.

    This medium-sized joystick with the lockout feature is especially useful for applications that require precise, momentary-action movements in different directions of travel. Examples are truck-mounted or mobile cranes that move freight and other types of lifting, throttle control and positioning devices in marine, medical or industrial applications.

    The Hall effect JHM joystick with CANbus or analog output offers full functionality and fits well within an armrest or on a control panel. It has been tested up to 10 million cycles, and its electronics are sealed to IP68S.

    Toggles and Guards
    Some toggle switches also offer the lockout function. T9 toggles for military and commercial applications, for instance, feature the lever lockout function in 13 configurations (see Lever Lockout Configuration Codes chart below). These options cover all kinds of scenarios for use in panels or on grips in aircraft and vehicles.

    Toggle guards and flip guards provide another layer of protection. OTTO toggle guards for military and commercial applications have spring-loaded covers that lock in either the open or closed position. In the open position, the switch actuator operates on all positions freely; in the closed position, it is locked in the desired position. Flip guards with a spring-loaded cover enable momentary or maintained actuation for pushbuttons.

     

    Visit www.otto-controls.com or call us at 847-428-7171 for more information.

     

         
     

    Configure a JHM joystick with lockout (handle style 41) using Part Builder. JHM Medium Hall Effect Joystick (otto-controls.com)

     

    The T9 toggle has 13
    lever lockout configurations
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    T9 toggles (otto-controls.com)

     

    Flip guards protect pushbuttons from unintentional use. Pushbutton Flip Guards (otto-controls.com)