Air Safety Dual Hand Safety Switch with Mounting Plate 18x14x4 Clippard Valve

Air Safety Dual Hand Safety Switch with Mounting Plate 18x14x4 Clippard Valve

This Air Safety dual hand safety switch is mounted on a blue anodized aluminum plate measuring approximately 18 x 14 x 4 inches. Two palm button assemblies — each with a circular rubber pad, chrome/aluminum housing, and red anodized aluminum bracket — are secured at opposite corners of the plate. A Clippard brass pneumatic valve (Cincinnati, OH) is mounted on the plate and plumbed to both palm buttons via blue pneumatic tubing and orange push-in fittings.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Air Safety
• Type: Dual hand (two-hand) pneumatic safety control switch
• Mounting plate dimensions: 18 x 14 x 4 inches
• Plate material: Aluminum, blue anodized finish
• Palm button assemblies: 2 — circular rubber pad on chrome/aluminum housing, red anodized bracket
• Pneumatic valve: Clippard brass valve, Cincinnati, OH — mounted on plate
• Pneumatic tubing: Blue, routed from each palm button to Clippard valve
• Fittings: Orange push-in pneumatic fittings on all valve ports
• Control type: Pneumatic (requires air supply; no electrical connections observed)
• Includes: Mounting plate, both palm button assemblies, Clippard valve, pneumatic tubing, and fittings as shown in photos

Applications

Dual hand (two-hand) safety controls are used on industrial presses, stamping machines, pneumatic punch presses, and other power machinery where both of the operator's hands must be engaged simultaneously to initiate a machine cycle — preventing the operator from reaching into the danger zone during operation. This type of device is a standard machine-guarding solution required or recommended by OSHA and ANSI B11 standards for many press and forming operations. The Clippard pneumatic valve serves as the logic element: the machine cycle initiates only when both palm buttons are depressed at the same time, meeting the anti-tie-down and anti-repeat requirements common in production environments. These controls are widely used in metal fabrication shops, plastics processing, and general industrial manufacturing.