For heavy duty industrial applications, high power, manually operated, rotary packet switches are used for isolation, changing over and selection of all types of high power electrical circuits.

Available in the UK from Aerco are high power, rotary packet switches from Santon Switchgear that are ideally suited for heavy industrial applications such as railways and military equipment where high quality and reliability are essential. These manually operated rotary switches are used for isolation, changing over and selection of all types of high power electrical circuits. They have self-cleaning, wiping action clip and blade contacts that give excellent electrical continuity and are shock and vibration proof.

Standard products are rated at 16 to 1,000A at 440V AC and 250V DC IEC947-3 and custom-built switches of higher ratings can be produced to meet individual specifications.

Santon rotary packet switches are used in many areas but are ideally suited to heavy industry where quality and reliability are paramount.

They have been used as battery isolator switches on trains, have been specified on the three Astute submarines being built by bae systems in Barrow-in-Furness and used in steel works, quarries and cement works where isolation in dusty, dirty, aggressive environments is highly important.

Santon Switchgear has manufactured rotary switches since 1921.

Manufacturing was originally carried out in Newport, South Wales, where the UK office is still located, but the worldwide manufacturing facility is now in Rotterdam, Holland.