A membrane switch is an electrical switch for turning a circuit on and off. It differs from a mechanical switch. Membrane switch is very thin and soft. The touch surface material usually is PET or PC. The circuit can be PET, FPC or even PCB. Membrane switches are user-equipment interface utilities that allow for the communication of commands from users to electronic devices.
> Construction:
A membrane switch typically has 6 or more or less layers. The top layer of a membrane switch is the graphic overlay interface between the user and the machine. On the top PET film overlay can screen or digital print different graphic as per your needs. The other critical layer is a the circuit layer. It can also be PET, FPC or PCB. All the layers are normally assembled using pressure-sensitive adhesives. Contact between two traces can be made through a printed shorting pad or through a metal dome that stands on legs of circuit layer. The circuit of membrane switches can be flex and rigid. It depends on the customer end application and also related to the cost budget and other considerations. For example, life, resistance, connection type on main board etc.
Teingesch mainly provides membrane switches, capacitive switches, membrane keypads, rubber keypad switches, PCB/FPC membrane switches, graphic overlays, waterproof membrane switches, UV-resistant membrane switches, touch display modules etc. to the customers from all of the world. We also can provide PCBA design, SMT service, Single-chip development and contract manufacturing services for all our customers.
> Application of Membrane Switches:
1) Industrial Control: Widely used on intelligent electronic measuring instruments&meters, digital control equipments, CNC machines, injection machines, genset controller, electronic scale, energy measuring meters, Automotive electronics etc.
2) Household Appliances: Widely used on air conditioner, washer, induction cooker, microwave oven, electric cooker, soybean milk machine, kitchen ventilator etc.
3) Medical and Healthcare: Widely used on ventilator, treadmill, fitness equipments, hemopiezometer, therapeutic equipments, blood analizer etc. medical equipments and testing instruments;
4) Aerospace and Marine: Widely used in plane, aircraft, rocket, satellite, yacht, marine drilling platform etc.
> Our Membrane Switches Common Used Raw Materials: We only use high quality imported raw materials, say no to bad quality materials and counterfeit materials!