Product Introduction
Silicone rubber keypad is a elastomer key, also called silicone keyboard, the silicone key pad or rubber pad, is a kind of widely used elastomer switching element, it is made of silicone rubber materials after compression mold forming or LSR injection molding, in electronic communication, POS terminals, remote control, medical equipment, machinery and equipment, auto aviation and other fields have a wide range of applications.The silicone button is an approved, reliable switching element.We are a professional silicone button manufacturer, you can customize all kinds of silicone buttons.
Product Specifications
| Life Time | Resistance | Diameter | Thickness | Advantage | Disavantage | |
| Carbon Pills | Above 10 Millions | 10-100 Ohms | 1.5-8 mm | 0.2-0.6 mm | Lower Resistance
Stable Life Time | Shape Limited |
| Conductive Ink Printing | Above 10 Millions | 50-350 Ohms | Available | 10-20 Microns | Any Shape is Available | Resistance Limited |
| Metal Domes | Above 10 Millions | 0-10 Ohms | Available | 0.05-0.1mm | Lower Resistance | Bad Tactile Feel Without Dust Free Functions |
| Metal Pills | Above 10 Millions | 0-10 Ohms | Available | 0.05-2mm | Lower Resistance | Low Production Efficiency High Unit Price |
Application Scope
| 1. Indoor and outdoor machinery |
| 2. Electrical appliances |
| 3. Electronic equipment |
| 4. Computer equipment |
| 5. POS handheld terminal |
| 6. Business machines |
| 7. Toys and Games Consoles |
| 8. Medical instruments |
Product Pictures
Silicone Rubber Buttons without conductive pills, which also called button cover or button cap, as a switches keyboard cover, also have dust proof and decorative effects.
Silicone Buttons with conductive pills and buttons webbing, which also called silicone buttons pads & silicone keypads, not only as button cover, but also as a switch & on-off.
The conductive modes of silicone rubber keys are mainly as follows:
1. Black carbon pill
2. Conductive ink
3. Metal dome
4. Conductive gold pellets
5. Conductive nickel sheet
Silicone rubber key surface protection
Sometimes we buttons in order to more beautiful and durable, by screen printing or laser cutting process after processing the character and pattern, also will increase the protective coating for it, such as using a glue craft, drops of glue in the surface of the keyboard, keyboard that makes it glittering and translucent get rid of is appeared, more beautiful, also can according to customer needs, directly to the key buckle on plastic and metal cap, in order to increase the visual sense.
There are three commonly used silicone keyboard coating protection methods:
1. Matte coating (silicone oil coating), good touch, with a certain dustproof.
2. Epoxy resin drop process, crystal clear appearance, enhanced appearance, wear resistance.
3. Polyurethane coating (THE cost of PU coating is relatively high, which is generally used in outdoor electrical appliances)
