What are the benefits of using Silicone Rubber Keypads?

Today in all the electronic devices, manufacturersare using membrane keypads. Today we are going to talk about what membrane switches are and its benefits.

The construction of silicone rubber keypads is much simpler and cheaper than the mechanical keyboards, which are composed of single and separate switches under each key.

What is stock membrane switches?

The stock membrane switches a momentary switching device that is manufactured using a series of flexible layers of film and polymer adhesives. The top layer, called a graph or overlap, is manufactured by printing down on the surface of transparent polyester or polycarbonate film.

Stock membrane switches can be constructed with multiple circuit layers and optimized graphics.

Custom membrane switches, when combined with components such as a graphics overlay, tactile dome, or integrated LED resistors, can provide the designer with virtually unlimited capabilities to create the ideal custom user interface for their products.

What are the advantages of custom membrane switches?

•    Beautiful appearance, rich and bright.

•    Small size, lightweight, good usability

•    The seal is good, resistant to moisture, dust-proof, waterproof, anti-corrosion and erosion of gas-harmful substances

•    Low cost and high durability

•    Easy to use, intuitive, safe and reliable, in-house functionally; tested 100%

•    Custom specifications are available andcan form different shapes

•    Membrane switches tailored to your needs

•    Very thin and light. It can be mounted on many surfaces of different materials, such as plastic, metal, rubber, etc.

 

•    The overlapping material is usually in PET and PC. They are easy to clean and sterilize.

•    Silicone rubber keypads are designed with waterproof and anti-UV for external application, and can also use antifungal material for special medical applications.

•    It comes in multi-colored (can be screen-printed or digital printed graphics).

•    Economic and cost savings compared to touchscreen panels

•    It can easily be customized to all shapes to fit in your design

•    The low and short instrument production cost of the prototype

•    The circuit can be assembled with LEDs, capacitors, resistors, connector’s, etc. electronic components.

•    Flexible and different types of keypad assemblies: assembled with rubber, PMMA / PC / SS Panel / Al Panel, PCB, FPC, etc.

Overall it offers various options to touch screen manufacturers for absolute design freedom on membrane-switched application.