Typical Applications

• Marine instrument panels

• Military equipment and vehicles

• Food processing equipment

• Air conditioning systems

• Heat pumps

• Off-road construction equipment

• Machine tool controls

• Spas/hot tubs

• Commercial laundry equipment

• Construction elevator controls

• Waste treatment system controls

• Chemical plant process controls

• Paint spraying equipment

• Industrial machinery

• Medical electronic equipment

• Ground support equipment

• Electronic/electrical instrument control panels

• Emergency power equipment

• Outdoor compressor/pump controls

• Transport refrigeration systems

• Automotive diagnostic equipment

• Lighting control centers

• Commercial refrigeration systems

• Or any application requiring environmental protection for switches.

Learn how others apply HEXSEAL® Switch Boots – visit our website “Sealing Solutions” application notes.

Features & Benefits

• Designed and made in USA … to insure high, consistent quality with local full tech service backup.

• Exclusive UL-Recognized HEXSEAL® & E-SEEL® Boots … facilitate easier “agency approval” of the equipment in which they are used. No other competitive seals in the world have these approvals.

• Third party inspection … UL regularly inspects our facilities and products.

• Military Specifications … most HEXSEAL® Boots are produced to meet MIL-DTL-5423 (see product pages specification charts).

• Time Tested … since our original patents and for more than 60 years, millions of HEXSEAL® Boots reliably function in hostile conditions throughout the world.

• Transparent RUBRGLAS® (indicators) rugged silicone rubber material… resists tearing and most hostile environmental contaminants. Retains tactile feel, will not discolor, yellow, crack or dry out due to UV/aging.

• Choose precise boot color for color matching…to match panel and/or delineate function – identification.

• DFARS compliant

• RoHS compliant … per document 2002/95/EC

• Patented perimeter sealing rib … seals the switch/circuit breaker panel-mounting cutout, preventing contaminant seepage.

• Toggle actuated boots feature secondary inner seal … to protect against contaminant entry in the event the upper chamber portion is punctured. And, also protects against differential pressure. (See figure 4.)

• All toggle and pushbutton boots feature high-strength rubber-to-metal bond … cross-linking adhesion assures rubber will not separate from the mounting nut.

• Pre-lubricated (optional) half-toggle and full-toggle boots … assure easier installation on large diameter actuators.

• Custom design requirements welcome … in addition to standard products described in this catalog, APM provides technical design assistance with fast, economical prototyping.