What is the difference between a membrane switch and a traditional switch?

What is the difference between a membrane switch and a traditional switch?

1. Long service life: The working life of the membrane switch is dozens of times that of ordinary mechanical switches. The life of the membrane switch can reach more than 10,000 times, while the life of the traditional switch ranges from 100,000 to 200,000 times at most;

2. Small size and light weight: the total thickness of the membrane switch is generally between 1.0 and 1.5mm, which is only equivalent to The thickness of an ordinary aluminum panel 

3. Effective Sealing: The membrane switch is designed with a sealed structure, providing protection against fire, dust, explosions, and corrosive gases. This feature allows it to function effectively in challenging environmental conditions. For instance, when used in electrostatic copiers, it prevents short circuits caused by toner intrusion, ensuring reliable operation. In contrast, traditional membrane switches are prone to failure in humid environments due to their design.

4. Good decoration: the membrane switch The appearance is a matte color tone with diffuse emission, and the surface is soft, which is beneficial to the protection of the vision and is more conducive to the monitoring of the instrument; while the traditional switch is relatively simple. The traditional switch needs to go through continuous revision of drawings and several complicated processes and mold opening to complete.

What is a membrane switch?

A membrane switch is a versatile component that combines switch buttons, panel function text, marks, trademarks, transparent windows, and display windows. It features a multi-layer overall sealing structure, providing various benefits such as friction resistance, waterproofing, dustproofing, protection against harmful gases, and a long and stable service life.

The applications of membrane switches are extensive, finding widespread use in intelligent electronic measuring instruments, medical instruments, computer control, CNC machine tools, electronic weighing instruments, post and telecommunications equipment, copiers, refrigerators, microwave ovens, electric fans, washing machines, electronic game machines, and other industrial and household electrical products.