Machinery

EAO manufactures a broad range of industrial switches including foolproof Emergency-stops and high-illumination pushbuttons.They offer unparalleled reliability with the benefit of EAO's unique, tactile 'click' that is reassuring for the user.

EAO offers a mixed technology approach for developing HMI systems for industrial machinery. This typically uses a base set of electro-mechanical components or a more complex integration of keyboard, display, touchscreen and industrial PC, depending on the required functional sophistication and level of visualisation. The flexible approach to using technology offers customers a real competitive edge.

• Primary control panels using discrete switches for system start-up and shutdown, including emergency-stop functions
• Handheld remote controls and tethered pendants with displays and short-travel keypads for data entry
• Touch-screens and industrial PCs with serial bus interfaces for linking to core system.

Industrial machinery may need to operate in densely concentrated, contaminated environments where air-bourne dust and moisture, noise, heat and poor light are common hazards. Given these conditions, it's critical to make the interaction between operator and machine safe, intuitive and error free.

• Analysing all aspects of the operational/functional/environmental and user requirements of a complete system
• Designing interfaces using the most appropriate mixed technology of electromechanical components, touch-screens, displays, keyboards or whatever the project requires
• Considering the equipment life-cycle and operating environment including any requirements for IP, NEMA, IEC, ADA, ANSI and OSHA compliant interfaces; protection against corrosive gas, acids and other caustic agents may be necessary
• Providing interconnection and communication with other systems and controllers in the manufacturing environment
• Modular construction and customisation - components can be varied depending on end customer, or updated for future equipment.