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About Silicone keypads and silicone parts
1, the conductive way of silicone keypads
2,Silicone Rubber Keypad conventional industry standard specifications
3, the common design at the bottom of the button
4, the travel and Force of silicone kepad
5, the backlight design of the keypad
6, the choice of different materials
7, surface technology
8, tolerance standard reference

1, the conductive way of silicone keypads

1) Conductive carbon /gold pill,  conductive ink are directly in contact with the PCB board

conductive pills

2) Contact with Membrane Dome 

membrane dome

3) Contact with tactile switch

switch

2,Silicone Rubber Keypad conventional industry standard specifications

silicone rubber keypad standard specifications

3, the common design at the bottom of the button

Silicone Rubber Keypad-STABILIZER (STOP BAR) and ROCKER KEY
bottom of keyboard design
4, the travel and Force of silicone kepad
There are generally six types of Silicone Rubber Keypad shapes: Double Cone, Double Bell, Flat Bell, Flat Cone, Single Cone, Single Bell. The difference lies in the stroke, load and range of use.
shape of silicone rubber keyapd

5, the backlight design of the keypad
The LEDs are placed in the center of the button:
backlight silicone keyapd
EL backlight:
translucent rubber button

6, the choice of different materials
1) Normal silicone
2) High tensile Silicone
3) Conductive silicone
4) Rubber( Include , NBR, EPDM...)

7, surface technology
1) Matte Coating
2) PU Coating
3) Color oil Coating
4) Epoxy

8, tolerance standard reference
 mold tolorance

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