Cole Instrument Corp.
Rotary Switches | Keylock Switches | Illuminated Switches | Optical Encoders | Custom Switches
With over 53 years of industry experience that has produced revolutionary results, Cole answers the stringent demands of nearly all commercial, aerospace, and military applications. Into each switch produced, Cole combines imaginative engineering, quality construction, and exceptional customer service.
Illuminated Switches
Cole’s precision multi-deck switches are available with illumination through the end of the shaft front. With maximum and optimum visibility in sunlight with minimum power levels and zero light leakage at night, the quality and functionality of these switches will meet the needs of your most challenging applications.
IS3600 Series – Illuminated
The Series I-3600 switch offers maximum and optimum visibility at sunlight with minimum power levels. The light can be an LED or a T1 incandescent lamp.
Illuminated Shaft, One Inch Diameter Body
Cole Instrument Corp. is proud to offer a rotary switch with illumination at the shaft front. This can be used to light up any part of the rotary switch’s knob. A LED (Light Emitting Diode) or an incandescent lamp is on the back end of the switch body, and a light pipe or fiber optics brings the concentrated light through the switch to the shaft front.
The Series I-3600 switch offers maximum and optimum visibility at sunlight with minimum power levels. And at night, there is zero light leakage through the length of the switch. The light can meet most chromaticity or intensity requirements. The light can be an LED or a T1 incandescent lamp.
The switch features good heat sinking capabilities, and delivers up to twice the light intensity of units at equivalent power levels. On light failure, relamping can be done by the customer. Cole can provide the replacement assembly.
APPLICATIONS
This switch can be used in airborne, shipboard, and submarine panel control displays, and meets the brightness requirements of high altitude aircraft, as well as the MIL-S-901 C shock requirements for submarines and ships.
FEATURES
- Ball Bearing Smooth Detent Indexing
- Constant Low Contact Resistance
- Rugged, Medium Impact Construction
- Flux Contamination Free
- MIL-S-3786 Tested
- 6 Amp Power Switching
- 100,000 Plus Operations Life Cycle
| Continuous (Non-Switching) Current Capacity |
5 Amps
|
| Switching Current Capacity 28 VDC Resistive |
1 Amps
|
| Switching Current Capacity 115 VAC Resistive |
1 Amps
|
| Switching Current Capacity 28 VDC Inductive (2.8 H.) |
0.5 Amps
|
| Low Level Capable | YES |
| Switching Life |
25,000 cycles
|
| Weight |
15 grams
|
| Contact Surfaces | Gold Plated |
| Vibration Tested | YES |
| High Impact Shock Tested | YES |
| Moisture Resistant | YES |
| Salt Spray Resistant | YES |
| Explosion Proof | YES |
| RFI/EMI Tested | YES |
| Shaft Seal | Available |
| Panel Seal | Available |
LED SPECIFICATIONS
| Hewlett Packard P/N | HLMA-KH00 |
| Current | 20 mA |
| Voltage | 2.4 VDC |
| Brightness | 200 MCD Typ. (35 min) |
| Wave Length | 615 mm |
| Degrees | Max. Positions | Poles Available |
| 30° | 12 | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 |
| 36° | 10 | 1 or 2 |
| 45° | 8 | 1, 2 or 4 |
| 60° | 6 | 1, 2 or 3 |
| 90° | 4 | 1 or 2 |
IS3900 Series – Illuminated
Cole Precision Instruments is proud to offer a rotary switch with illumination through the end of the shaft front. This can be used to light up any part of the rotary switch’s knob.
Cole Instrument Corporation is proud to offer a rotary switch with illumination through the end of the shaft front. This can be used to light up any part of the rotary switch’s knob. An LED (Light Emitting Diode) or an incandescent lamp is on the back end of the switch body, and a light pipe or fiber optics brings the concentrated light through the switch to the shaft front.
The Series IS3900 switch offers maximum and optimum visibility at sunlight with minimum power levels. And at night, there is zero light leakage through the length of the switch. Light can meet most chromaticity or intensity requirements. The light can be an LED or a T1 incandescent lamp.
The switch features good heat sinking capabilities, and delivers up to twice the light intensity of units at equivalent power levels. On light failure, reclamping can be done by the customer.
Cole can provide the replacement assembly. This switch can be used in airborne, shipboard, and submarine panel control displays and meets the brightness requirements of high altitude aircraft, as well as the MIL-S-901C shock requirement for submarines and ships.
| Continuous (Non-Switching) Current Capacity |
5 Amps
|
| Switching Current Capacity 28 VDC Resistive |
1 Amps
|
| Switching Current Capacity 115 VAC Resistive |
1 Amps
|
| Switching Current Capacity 28 VDC Inductive (2.8 H.) |
0.5 Amps
|
| Low Level Capable | YES |
| Switching Life |
25,000 cycles
|
| Weight |
15 grams
|
| Contact Surfaces | Gold Plated |
| Vibration Tested | YES |
| High Impact Shock Tested | YES |
| Moisture Resistant | YES |
| Salt Spray Resistant | YES |
| Explosion Proof | YES |
| RFI/EMI Tested | YES |
| Shaft Seal | Available |
| Panel Seal | Available |
LED SPECIFICATIONS
| Hewlett Packard P/N | HLMA-KH00 |
| Current | 20 mA |
| Voltage | 2.4 VDC |
| Brightness | 200 MCD Typ. (35 min) |
| Wave Length | 615 mm |
| Degrees | Max. Positions | Poles Available |
| 30° | 12 | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6 |
| 36° | 10 | 1 or 2 |
| 45° | 8 | 1, 2 or 4 |
| 60° | 6 | 1, 2 or 3 |
| 90° | 4 | 1 or 2 |
IP3900 Series – Illuminated
Offers maximum visibility with minimum power levels. At night, there is no light leakage through the length of the switch. Can meet chromaticity or intensity requirements.
The SRL1845 Series offers Economical Key Lock Switching, combined with the versatility of a multi-function switch.
Cole Instrument provides a switch is highly reliable and that meets or surpasses the most stringent requirements of MIL-S-3786.
The lock is designed with the following features:
- Restricted factory-registered key system.
- Exclusive key assignment available on request.
- Versatile master-keying capability.
- Manufactured to precision quality standards by skilled craftsmen.
- Double “D” mounting.
The Cole Instrument Switch Lock was designed for critical applications and demanding usage in medical and industrial control and instrumentation, as well as ground support electronic equipment.
Cole Instrument Engineering and Design capabilities are available to customer with Special Application requirements.
CUSTOM DESIGNS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SPECIALIZED APPLICATIONS.