Miniature Microswitch with Lever

A Miniature microswitch with a lever also trademarked and frequently known as a micro switch, designed as an electric switch. Microswitches designed as a mechanically operated electrical switch designed with an actuator and terminals called common, normally open and normally closed.  These switches offer a wide range of applications in home appliances and switch panels with small buttons. As they are highly reliable and sensitive, micro switches are often used as safety devices. They are also used to prevent doors from closing if something or someone is in the way and other applications similar. So this miniature micro-switch comes in internationally accepted size and operating characteristics.

A microswitch also known as a snap action switch, they operate by using a spring-loaded lever to open and close a set of internal contacts inside the unit. This Micro Switch designed as a small snap action switch used to press a tiny momentary push button. Meanwhile, these switches used to create bump sensors for robots or as limit switches for various electronics projects. They are basically SPDT Single Pole Double Throw switches.

Applications

• Copy machines

• Cash registers: Senses drawer open or closed

• Microwave ovens

• Refrigerators

• HVAC

• Hospital beds