Industrial glass keyboards

Glass and industry? Tough ambient conditions and a supposedly fragile material? How is it possible to combine both of them? We started tackling this issue 15 years ago. However, it was not our aim to use glass as a material in a commercial/industrial setting. We were more interested in the far-reaching opportunities of creating operating interfaces with capacitive sensors. Glass emerged as the suitable front panel during the course of the research and development process – and not just for physical reasons.

It became clear that glass can withstand challenging conditions like extreme temperatures, mechanical effects as well as dust and dirt to an excellent degree. It is crucially important as the support material for the graphic design and the electronic functional elements. The general level of acceptance for typing and swiping also increased because of the advent of smartphones.

NumPad keypads and capacitive touch screens were just the initial stages and a broad range of products gradually developed from them. The common factor was using glass as the operating surface. GETT now has a wide range of items in this field. It includes standardized components for insertion and ready-to-use devices like keyboards. All the standard products can also be supplied in a customized form.

Conclusion: robust, ready-to-use products and standardized components for insertion with glass as their surface fulfil the sophisticated functional requirements in an industrial setting.