Hercules Joysticks

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New industrial joystick, completely renewed and specifically designed for harsh environments and situations. Materials, technical solutions and sizing of critical components guarantee reliability and sturdiness, mechanical resistance and long life, while special attention is paid to design, ergonomics, operation accuracy and sensitivity.

Features

  • Fiberglass nylon structural components and steel levers ensure maximum resistance.
  • Mechanical life of switches: up to 10 million operations.
  • IP protection degree: Hercules is classified IP 00 or IP 65, when housed in a specific enclosure.
  • Extreme temperature resistance: -25°C to +70°C.

Options

  • Available with up to 5 speeds for each direction.
  • Stepped or linear operations with spring return.
  • Cross or 360° movement.
  • 3 different versions: with free movement, with dead man safety device (with mechanical interlock with or without NO/NC contact), or with NO pushbutton to be used as electrical interlock.
  • 4 different handles, also available with pushbuttons and selector switches.
  • Available with potentiometers.
  • Available with single or redundant analogue encoders with current or voltage output.

Hercules-S

  • Hercules-S is equipped with boards with 8 or 12 microswitches with 1NC contacts and switch for electrical interlock.

Hercules-CK

  • Hercules-CK is a joystick specially designed for controlling industrial handling machines and it features switches with electrical capacity of 3A / 250 Vac.

Certifications

  • CE marking.

GENERAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Ambient temperature Storage -40°C/+70°C
Operational -25°C/+70°C
IP protection degree IP 00 (IP 65 max. when housed in a specific enclosure)
Insulation category Class I
Operating positions Any position
Mechanical life 5x106 operations

HERCULES-S

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SWITCHES
Utilisation category AC 15
Operating electrical usages Inductive load:
  • 48 Vac/1 A
  • 125 Vac/1 A
  • 250 Vac/0,5 A
  • 30 Vdc/1 A
Resistive load:
  • 48 Vac/2 A
  • 125 Vac/3 A
  • 250 Vac/2 A
  • 30 Vdc/3 A
Rated thermal current 8 A
Rated insulation voltage 1000 Vac
Mechanical life 5x106 operations
Connections Single break

HERCULES-CK

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SWITCHES
Utilisation category AC 15
Rated operational current 3 A
Rated operational voltage 250 Vac
Rated thermal current 10 A
Rated insulation voltage 300 Vac
Connections Screw-type terminals

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ANALOG ENCODERS EGON 36-AL

Power supply 12...30 Vdc
Analog output Current 4...20 mA
Voltage 1...5 V
Voltage 2...10 V
Consumption 35 mA simple version
55 mA redundant version
Single-turn resolution 12 bit (4096 points for revolution)
Protection against input/output over-current Yes
Protection against input/output over-voltage Yes
Accuracy ± 0.5%
Linearity ± 0.25%
Redundancy 2 complementary outputs (analog)

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