Rotary Switch Can Be Customised

The RA series of robust, multi-pole rotary switches has long been a favourite of system designers. With increased demands for application specific designs and competitors raising minimum order vales to meet offshore manufacturing requirements the Lorlin RA series is more competitive switch solution than ever.

The RA series offers a range of miniature, 25.4mm diameter multi-wafer rotary switches with up to 10 wafers with 6 poles per wafer, user adjustable stops and solder terminal connection are standard. Switches with up to two wafers also available with PCB terminals. The RA series is a robust design with metal spindles of 6mm and 6.3mm diameter, bushes and detent housings are also made out of metal. Detent indexing is available at 30, 45, 60 and 90 degrees. Switch contacts may be specified as silver, gold flash or gold plated. Contacts are available as Make-Before-Brake or Brake-Before-Make and rated at 1A @ 12VAC and DC and 150ma @ 250V AC. A separate mains 4A rated ON/OFF switch module can be added to the assembly. Lorlin manufacture the RA series in the UK to ISO 9001 standards with a readily available prototyping service.

Dan Walker, Sales Manager at Lorlin Electronics comments. ”Our RA rotary switches are typical of the switch solutions available form Lorlin. With many years of in-house engineering experience and our own manufacturing facilities we can respond quickly to customers special needs, providing fast prototyping and flexible manufacturing. There is a strong market for robust and reliable rotary switches for industrial and instrumentation requirements.”

Some of the most common types of customisation of Lorlin’s RA series rotary switches include, custom detents, tactile feel, modified shaft lengths and flats and multiple termination and customer specified cabling options.

Lorlin’s RA rotary switches may be used in any application that requires rugged construction and virtually switching limitless options. These include, avionics navigation and communications equipment, test and measuring equipment, measurement systems and gages, broadcast and audio equipment, automotive and traction systems, military communications and control systems.