Effective…easy to use…simple. These are the best words to describe today’s modern keypads – designed for YOUR specific work environment. From key click, to placement, to design, many components come into play when designing a better, simpler keypad. Ease of use, effective placement and efficiency are all at the core of this process.
Low-profile custom keypad assemblies featuring the ideal combination of material and construction choices go a long way toward providing highly reliable user-interface keypads. There is a big difference between traditional keypads and silicone custom keypad assemblies. The main difference here is ineffective usage, which can lead to premature failure when not done right.
First off…material. Why is silicone better for effective keypads? It not only feels good on your fingertips, but it’s also long-lasting and reliable, with the ability to withstand rugged environments. From medical and industrial to instrumentation and communications, effective keypads can just as easily be used in one industry as another. That’s where versatility comes in.
Why Simple is Best
Simple design equals ease of use and better efficiency. Check out more reasons why simple silicone keypads and assembles are more effective:
- • Increased Functionality: Your industry needs reliable functionality, especially when it could spell the difference between life and death in the medical field. Complicated keypads can lengthen the time it takes to input vital information. Unclear keypad designs can also lead to incorrect information and can also result in interruption in the flow of operation if buttons fail to engage properly.
- • Time Savings: Simple designs mean the buttons are easier to see and can be interpreted quickly. As a result, you save on production costs and downtime associated with ineffective keypad design.
- • Affordability: With fewer components and overall simplicity of design, you save money on manufacturing costs and initial outlays on equipment.
- • Durability: Thanks to the silicone material, modern keypads are weather, temperature, chemical and damage resistant – more so than ever before.
- • Versatility: Simplicity of design of means one keypad can work for several different departments within the same company. Why spend money on multiple designs and complicated configurations when you can use one?
- • Wide range of markets: Simple keypads appeal to a wide range of markets, such as military, telecommunications, automotive, medical, aerospace, industrial, consumer electronics and laboratory.
- • Many design options: Even though the designs are simple at heart, they can be customized in various shapes, surface finishes, abrasion resistant barriers, and high-quality graphics. The one piece construction offered by Si-Tech is the ultimate in simplicity, featuring wrap-around designs that keep out dust, liquids and gases.
Contact Si-Tech
To learn more about our simple yet effective keypad designs for your specific industry, contact us today at 757-887-8488.
