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.