Industrial glass keyboards
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Typing on and touching glass
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.
Product benefits:
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Fully sealed surfaces and therefore protection against dust, moisture and chemicals
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No mechanical wear and tear
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A smooth surface without any gaps and grooves
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Individual functional settings like touch sensitivity or acoustic feedback
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Simple and intuitive operations
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Exceptionally easy to clean
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Low-contact and non-contact operations
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A modern, sophisticated design
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Simple to assemble in products
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.
How does it work?
Most of the products in this category use the capacitive operating principle. The operating surfaces of smartphones, self-service vending machines or modern ceramic hobs are obvious examples of this. Functions are handled by individual sensors, interconnected sensors and matrix or area sensors. The GETT portfolio in this sector includes capacitive switches for insertion, keypads and keyboards, touch screens and plug-and-play keyboards for desks.
Switches for insertion (M22) with optical sensors are the latest variant in this range of products. Thanks to the glass surface, a ray of light is emitted and an operating event is detected via this. In contrast to capacitive sensors, which require physical “touch,” these switches work without any touch at all. Their lighting reacts with the operating event in each case and this may involve multiple stages and be defined by distance.
Fields of use:
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The pharmaceutical and chemical industry
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Machines and plants
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Access controls to closed areas and rooms
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Means of transport
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Automation and robotics
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Catering technology
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Measuring units and devices
Customize your industrial glass keyboard
You may not need a completely customized operating solution, but the catalog product could be spruced up a little? It is possible to adapt the product that you require in line with your ideas.
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Adding a customer logo
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A modified keyboard layout (includes adding more symbols)
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Handling all country layouts
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Variable cable lengths
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Surface treatments like polishing, providing a matt finish etc.
Pssst…highly recommended
Are you uncertain which stainless steel keyboard you should select? Our customers would recommend that you buy our Cleankeys® CK5. It is the bestseller in our glass portfolio.