The plastic and rubber keypad also short for P+R keypad, it’s build with the plastic keycaps is bonding by glue or undercut(hook) to the silicone rubber keypads, which design in aim to anti-dust, oil proof, wear-resisting, good aesthetic and long lifespan.
Plastic cap(Key covers) material: PC, PMMA, Acrylic, ABS, Nylon, Fiber etc.
Plastic cap legend types:
1.Screen printing
2.Laser etch(Colors spraying coating firstly, then laser engraving the patterns/text for backlighting)
3.With coating or PU coating, with glossy or matte surface
Silicone rubber keypad process
1.Molding the silicone rubber with the compression tooling.
2.Silk screen printing, Or laser etch
The advantage of the P+R keypad
a.Good aesthetic and Good touch feeling.
b.Anti-dust and Wearable
c.Water proof and corrosion proof
d.Longer the lifespan
The P+R technology is the preferred choice for small handheld devices due to combining switching layers during construction to produce a strong tactile response from plastic keys which can be laid out with the minimum of spacing between their key center. Once the product is assembled the P+R Keypads component parts produce a great key response ideal for fast data entry.
Product Specialty
The above product information is for reference only, we mostly provide customized production according to the design requirements of customers. The all raw material we choose are all meet the demand of the ROHS and the REACH.