Since Bestact, a hermetically sealed glass contact power reed switch, was placed in service over 15 million have been used worldwide in rolling stocks, electric power equipment, elevators and control devices in the steel industry. Their adption in 1982 by Japanese National Railways for Shinkansen Bullet trains, it has grown along with the success of the trains themselves, and is exclusively used in all Shinkansen Bullet tains at the moment.
As the recent demand for maintenance free components, high contact reliability and safety continues to grow, so will the appication of Bestact. Bestact has seen extensive use in ATS wayside coil controlling relays and door interlock switches throughout the 80’s and 90’s and in ATC, ATO devices from the year 2000 and on.
Bestact has been shown to be the optimum solution for train and railroad signal applications that require extremely high reliability.