For optimum adhesion, an adhesive must thoroughly “wet out” the surface to be bonded. “Wetting out” means the adhesive flows and covers a surface to maximize the contact area and the attractive forces between the adhesive and bonding surface. A lower surface energy material, such as water, will spontaneously wet out a higher energy surface, […]
Perhaps you have keypads which are old but which are still used and needed for your equipment operation. Your plates and housings on your machinery might be older and you still want to use this legacy equipment. What can you do if you need new keypads and want them to be the same as your
The colors which are used in a company’s logo or other interface design have a major impact on how the company (brand) is viewed as a whole. Color reference guides (like Pantone) and Adobe color tools make it fast and easy to select colors. But they don’t always translate well into the final production process.
A membrane switch gives a visually pleasing human-machine interface that is easy to use, low profile, and electronically stable. They are well known to stand up to harsh conditions. Flex circuitry is resilient and can be used in many different environments. Once you know what the end use will be for the flex circuit, the
We use metal, tactile domes in our flex circuits and membrane switches. Tactile domes are placed onto the Polyester/Polycarbonate substrate with pressure sensitive adhesive tape (Peel-N-Place Array) or captured in a membrane-type pocket design. Metal Touch switches are pressure activated, which prevents accidental actuation by environmental factors and are effective with gloves and styluses. Capacitive
