# IEC pushbutton contact: normally closed push button positive break Canonical URL: https://eloragrid.ai/symbols/iec-pushbutton-contact-normally-closed-push-button-positive-break Publisher: Elora Grid Updated: 2026-10-28 Lookup label: PB Drawing use: Schematic Reference families: IEC, Manufacturer ## Symbol convention Convention: IEC Form: Normally Closed Push Button Positive Break Autodesk IEC-60617 Symbol Preview: Push Buttons, HPB12PB / VPB12PB. This identifies the publisher's library context; exact IEC graphics and database identities are not asserted. Pushbutton contact form: Normally Closed Push Button Positive Break. ## In plain English ### What does IEC pushbutton contact: normally closed push button positive break mean? A pushbutton translates a person pressing an operator into a change of electrical contact state. The operator form and the contact state are separate pieces of information, so a mushroom head can operate either a normally-open or a normally-closed contact. This entry identifies the normally closed push button positive break form in the publisher's IEC-context family. ### A simple example On a machine control sheet, this form lets the reader distinguish the physical button action from the contact used by the controller. Link every contact block to the same operator tag, including a separate indication lamp when fitted. The normally-closed designation starts with a conducting output or closed contact in the documented reference condition; operation changes that state. The positive-break additional drawing mark identifies direct mechanical opening intent. Confirm the selected contact assembly and manufacturer declaration before relying on that property. ### What the drawings help you do The head shape and contact drawing do not establish a safety category, contact rating or emergency-stop suitability. Direct opening, reset behaviour and the selected assembly must be confirmed from its documentation. ### This particular reference Pushbutton contact form: Normally Closed Push Button Positive Break. This entry adds the normally closed push button positive break detail to the broader pushbutton contact family. The head shape and contact drawing do not establish a safety category, contact rating or emergency-stop suitability. Direct opening, reset behaviour and the selected assembly must be confirmed from its documentation. ### Terms - Normally open / normally closed: The contact state in the normal condition defined for the drawing. - Signal: Electrical information passed between devices, rather than necessarily the main power supply. - Rating: A value stating the conditions for which equipment is specified. Concept diagram: Identify the device and form → Read the connections and state → Check the equipment reference A guide to reading this reference. The original symbol illustration and its drawing notes appear below; these boxes are not a wiring diagram. - [Pushbutton contact and actuator variants](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-9E8890C7-7176-47DD-8700-E02A16C1670E.htm) ## What it represents A pushbutton translates a person pressing an operator into a change of electrical contact state. The operator form and the contact state are separate pieces of information, so a mushroom head can operate either a normally-open or a normally-closed contact. This entry identifies the normally closed push button positive break form in the publisher's IEC-context family. On a machine control sheet, this form lets the reader distinguish the physical button action from the contact used by the controller. Link every contact block to the same operator tag, including a separate indication lamp when fitted. The normally-closed designation starts with a conducting output or closed contact in the documented reference condition; operation changes that state. The positive-break qualifier identifies direct mechanical opening intent. Confirm the selected contact assembly and manufacturer declaration before relying on that property. The head shape and contact drawing do not establish a safety category, contact rating or emergency-stop suitability. Direct opening, reset behaviour and the selected assembly must be confirmed from its documentation. ## How to read it - The normally-closed designation starts with a conducting output or closed contact in the documented reference condition; operation changes that state. - The positive-break qualifier identifies direct mechanical opening intent. Confirm the selected contact assembly and manufacturer declaration before relying on that property. - The head shape and contact drawing do not establish a safety category, contact rating or emergency-stop suitability. Direct opening, reset behaviour and the selected assembly must be confirmed from its documentation. ## Information to show or reference - Identify the operator and each associated contact block. - State the contact state before the operator is pressed. - Show the release or return action and any independent lamp supply. ## Important distinction This entry adds the normally closed push button positive break detail to the broader pushbutton contact family. The head shape and contact drawing do not establish a safety category, contact rating or emergency-stop suitability. Direct opening, reset behaviour and the selected assembly must be confirmed from its documentation. ## Facts - Drawing form: Normally Closed Push Button Positive Break - Public vendor block names: HPB12PB / VPB12PB. Autodesk identifiers, not standards database IDs. - Drawing purpose: pushbutton contact - Graphic scope: Independently authored educational illustration; not certified standard geometry, a terminal pinout or a product footprint. ## Public references - [Pushbutton contact and actuator variants](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-Electrical/files/GUID-9E8890C7-7176-47DD-8700-E02A16C1670E.htm) — Autodesk. Public Push Buttons table explicitly lists HPB12PB / VPB12PB with this operating or connection form. Vendor graphics are linked, not copied. ## Graphic scope Independent original educational concept illustration by Elora Grid. Not a certified standards graphic or manufacturer footprint. Unitless; not to scale. Original artwork licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Publisher material is linked only.