How to Choose the Right Silicone rubber keypad Technology for Your Product?

As products such as silicone rubber keypad are widely used in the electronic accessories industry, how to choose the most suitable product for many users and customers is also a long-term issue. Due to the different technical parameters, use environment and cost, how to choose to satisfy customers and users is also an engineer's consideration. In order to let more users know how to choose and what problems engineers should consider when designing, the engineering team of Niceone-tech summarized some knowledge about Silicone rubber keypad, hoping to help them.

First of all, we need to understand the advantages of Silicone rubber keypad:

Easy to clean. 

The unit price of the product is lower and suitable for mass production. 

Specific materials can be used to produce antibacterial, edible, and UV resistant Excellent tactile feedback. 

Water and chemical resistance can be used for a long time in a humid and outdoor environment. 

Backlight selection can shine in the dark. Because of laser carving. 

The product can make the button or logo appear transparent. 

P+R

Antibacterial

Product use environment:

After understanding the characteristics and advantages of the product, we can customize the Silicone Rubber keypad according to the use environment and product characteristics to give two examples

Outdoor:

Whether the Silicone rubber keypad is used outdoors for a long time. Common problems outdoors are waterproof, ultraviolet rays and acid rain corrosion. Due to the material characteristics of Silicone rubber, we can solve the problem of outdoor use as long as we use anti-ultraviolet silicone materials. Outdoor use can also add a visual effect, so we have to combine the form of backlight to meet the backlight options.

Silicone rubber keypad on medical equipment:

Since silicone membrane switch is often used in medical equipment to be contaminated by drugs and bacteria, its easy-to-clean feature makes it one of the outstanding choices for many switches. At the same time, antibacterial materials can be added into the silicone to obtain antibacterial properties and avoid bacterial infection And the resulting medical malpractice.

Silicone rubber keypad is far more than the above usage scenarios. You can see them in military products, mobile equipment, agricultural equipment and marine equipment. How to choose a better Silicone rubber keypad, you can contact Niceone-tech at any time, we will I will give you an answer as soon as possible.

What types of common silicone rubber keypads are there?

Conductive rubber keypad: It can be directly contacted with the circuit, and the carbon particles have the conductive function.

Non-Conductive rubber keypad: Generally, after contacting the elastic sheet above the circuit, it deforms and conducts the circuit.

Need to know, silicone rubber keypad is more often an accessory of various electronic products, rather than an independent individual product. Sometimes Silicone rubber keypad can also be used as a backing material.

The fire rating and printed logo of Silicone rubber keypad:

Fire-proof level

It is difficult for most silicone rubber membrane switches to reach UL94V0, but it is not impossible. It is necessary to add flame retardant to the material to make it meet the UL94V0 level. Because Niceone-tech mass produces such products, the price of the UL94V0 Silicone rubber keypad is not high.

Print:

Most of the patterns and text on the Silicone rubber keypad are produced by printing. If the product requirements are more special, the laser carving process will be used. But the product needs to be sprayed with PU before laser carving.

What electronic parts can the Silicone rubber keypad be assembled with?

Silicone rubber keypad is often combined with PCB circuits and plastic to form a complete industrial product. Commonly used are TV remote controls and hospital nurse callers. The newly released Silicone rubber keypad will also be combined with a membrane switch (removed to membrane switch product). The silicone rubber membrane switch perfectly combines the advantages of the two, and the cost is lower when the quantity is larger.

Common surface treatments of Silicone rubber keypads are:

Epoxy treatment:

PU or feel oil treatment:

Antioxidant treatment:

If you need to know more about the production process of silicone rubber keypads, please click RUBBER KEYPAD MANUFACTURING PROCESS.