What Harm Will Low Quality Membrane Switches Bring to Your Products?

 In the more than ten years of membrane switch design and manufacturing career, we have come into contact with all kinds of membrane switches or membrane panels, and have also participated in the repair work of many membrane switches. Therefore, we can easily identify the quality of a membrane switch. So what kind of membrane switch is considered a low-quality membrane switch? What harm will low-quality membrane switches bring? Today, JRPanel would like to take you to understand about it.

 

Generally speaking, there are two factors that affect the quality of a product: raw materials and manufacturing processes. The main raw materials involved in a membrane switch include: printing ink, plastic film, metal dome, adhesive and so on. The manufacturing process includes both conventional processes such as screen printing and laser cutting, as well as JRPanel's unique IP66 waterproof process.

 

It can be seen that the quality of a membrane switch is affected by many factors. You cannot assume that a membrane switch that uses high-quality raw materials is high-quality. So what kind of membrane switch is considered low quality? JRPanel summarizes the following characteristics of low-quality membrane switches for everyone:

 

1. The quality of the keys is poor, the lifespan is extremely short, and they cannot rebound after a period of use;

2. The printing quality of the built-in circuit is poor, so that the signal cannot be connected;

3. The characters of the printed pattern are not clear or even wrong;

4. The light transmittance of the instrument panel is poor, and the light cannot penetrate.

 

As long as one of the above conditions occurs in a membrane switch, we can identify it as a low-quality membrane switch. Then what harm will low-quality membrane switches bring?

 

For Users:

 

Low quality membrane switches may render the product unusable. The user may not be able to input operating instructions to the instrument or device through the membrane keypad. If the membrane switch is damaged, the entire device may fail, and even seriously threaten the user's personal safety.

 

For Manufacturers:

 

Low-quality membrane switches will affect the overall quality of the product, resulting in the loss of users and the collapse of brand reputation. Later rework and repair will increase the cost, disrupt the original production plan, and cause production impact.

 

How to eliminate the hidden dangers of low-quality membrane switches and improve the quality of membrane switch panels? In the next episode, JRPanel would like to share with you.