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Originally Posted by marshall
A decent amount. Buy spares if you are worried about it.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the microswitches we all typically use. I'd love to see a more robust option on the market and I suspect there are but I haven't found one that I truly love yet.
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Ok, thank you for the information. What I've been finding, when I was trying to find that switch, was that industrial-grade switches are really expensive!
http://www.grainger.com/product/SIEM...AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/DAYTON-Momentary-ABS-WP131861/_/N-8du/Ntt-momentary+switch?nls=1&sst=subset&ts_optout=true&s _pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/30G362_AS01?$smthumb$
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
I wouldn't count on them continuing to function after stopping your robot in a crash, if that's what you're asking. When mounting "button" type limit switches, recess the switch inside or slightly behind a structural element (e.g. frame perimeter) so that the structure is taking the force of the collision before the switch reaches its stop.
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Great advise! Thank you.