Our main goal is to bring premium quality custom mechanical keyboards to everyone without breaking the bank. Shipping Times With the constant increase in demand for limited items, the current status of the pandemic has only highlighted these inconsistencies within the market. Colors that fit you. With our keyboard designer tool, you can customize your keyboard to match your style. Choose from 21 different colors to make endless combinations. That's over 324 quattuorquadragintillion (3.24E+137) different combinations! The coolest overall custom mechanical keyboards In this section, we’re looking at only the regular mechanical keyboards – although they come in different sizes. These sizes are compared to the size of the full keyboard (which is 100%), and they often come as 60%, 65% and 75%. Please follow these instructions to order your Custom Keypad Buttons: After submitting your order, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with your customization order details for your records. Your custom Keypad buttons will be created and will arrive via United States Postal Service within 7. Custom keyboards and keypads are also available. Suitable for parking meter or access control systems, hospitality, banking, security, manufacturing, military, marine, vehicle and petrol station applications.
Custom-Molded Keypads
We specialize in the production of custom-molded keypads, membrane keypads, rubber keypads, and silicone rubber keypads. If backlighting is required, we provide various backlighting styles ranging from LED (Light-Emitting Diode) to incandescent and LGF (Light Guide Film), a new technology that produces a bright, evenly illuminated custom keypad that possesses a good tactile feel.
Custom-molded keypads can be assembled using a variety of materials, including epoxy, acrylic, polycarbonate, silicone and more. We also co-mold silicone with metal frames for a rubber keypad that is both rigid and pliable then ease the assembly into the final product.
Our innovative custom-molded keypads can be manufactured to accommodate a variety of products including audio/video equipment, calculators, MRI machines, medical equipment, and LCD watches.
Offering a range of styles such as dome, rubber, silicone, hard caps, and sheet metal, we have served a wide array of industries including aerospace, appliances and electronics.
Contact Elite Technology today for more information about our premium custom-molded keypads, membrane keypads, and silicone rubber keypads.
Sample Products
Created with silicone molding material, this keypad features an opaque material and positive image printing. The ink used to print the keypad's graphics is a silicone-based ink that bonds to the silicone base material after post curing. Carbon pills on the bottom of each key allows the buttons to interact with a PCB in the final assembly.
This keypad is molded with translucent silicone material, screened with the required graphic colors, then spray-painted with a silicone-based black ink. Laser etching is then performed to allow the colors to show when the keypad is backlit. Final process is coating the keypad to extend the life of the graphics.
As the name suggests this keypad has Polycarbonate tops permanently adhered to a silicone base material. The graphics, in this case, are clear except for the green send and red end keys. When back lit these clear graphics appear white. However, when the backlighting is not on, the graphics appear black. This particular version called for a very attractive blue plastic key top.
This keypad has the soft feel of TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane). This TPU film is formed using a co-molding process with silicone rubber. It is similar to IMD (In Mold Decorating) but has a softer feel than is available with PET films generally used in IMD keypads. TPU film cannot be formed with deep draws like PET films used in IMD keypads. Thus they are ideal for thin keypads used in small hand held products. The TPU material has superior abrasion resistance and is resistant to chemicals and UV lighting.
Custom Molded Keypad Specifications:
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Industry Focus | • Aerospace • Appliance • Automotive • Commercial • Electronics • Energy • Food Processing • HVAC • Industrial • Marine • Medical • Military/Government • Packaging • Pharmaceutical • Restaurant |
Intended Application | • Audio/Video • Calculators • Cameras • Copiers • Digital Meters/Gauges • Fax Machines • Fire Alarms • Handheld Games • LCD Watches • Medical Equipment • MRI Machines • Navigation Equipment • Security Systems • Test Equipment • Toys |
Keypad Type | • Dome Array • Hard Caps • Rubber Keys • Sheet Metal Keypads |
Keypad Keytops | • Acrylic • Epoxy • Glass • PET • Polycarbonate • Ultra Thin Polycarbonate |
Keypad Material | • Plastic • Rubber • Silicone • Dual Durometer • Thermoplastic |
Features & Technologies | • Abrasion Resistance • Backlit • Chemical Resistant • Custom Graphics/Silk Screening/Pad Printing • In-Mold Graphics • Laser Etched Graphics • Membrane Switches • Metal Domes • Metalized Look • Multiple Colors • Polished Surfaces • Resistant to Fluorescent Lighting • Textured Surfaces • UV Light Resistance |
Surface | • 3D • Concaved • Flat |
Keypad Coatings | • Parylene • Polyurethane (PU) • Silicone |
Backlighting Style | • Incandescent • Light Emitting Diode (LED) • Flood Lighting • Narrow Viewing • Light Guide Film (LGF) • Electroluminescence Panel (ELP) • Woven Fiber Optic Mesh |
Manufacturing Processes | • Compression Molding • LIM (Liquid Injection Molding) • Injection Molding • Insert Molding • Metal Frame • Vacuum Metalizing |
Pill Conductor Sizes | • 1.5mm • 2.0mm • 2.5mm • 3.0mm • 3.5mm • 4.0mm • 4.5mm • 5.0mm • 5.5mm • 6.0mm • 6.5mm • 7.0mm • 7.5mm • 8.0mm • 9.0mm • 10.0mm |
Base Thickness | Min. • .008 in • .2 mm |
Wall Thickness | Min. • .008 in • .2 mm |
Distance Between Keys | Min. • .110 in • 2.8 mm |
Length & Width of Individual key | Min. • .126 in • 3.2 mm |
Lighting Life (Manufacturers Specifications) | • LED= Around 50,000 Hours • ELP= 3,000-5,000 Hours to Half Brightness • Fiber Optics= 100,000 Hours (Depending on Type of Bulb Used as the Light Source) |
Production Volume | Min. • 500 units • Mid Volume to High Volume |
Typical Lead Times Available | Min. (Production) • 3 Weeks Max. (Production) • 4 Weeks |
Industry Standards | • ISO - International Organization for Standardization • RoHS - Restriction Of Hazardous Substances (Compliant) • REACH (Compliant) |
File Formats | AI (preferred) AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ) BMP • Bit Mapped Graphics DXF • Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format GIF • Graphics Interchange Format IGES(Preferred) • Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format. JPG or JEPG • Joint Photographic Experts Group • Portable Document Format SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT) STEP • Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data TIFF • Tagged Image File Format |
Tolerances | Size(mm)(±) • 0-4.0 +/-0.10 • 4.0-6.3 +/-0.15 • 6.3-10.0 +/-0.20 • 10.0-16.0 +/-0.20 • 16.0-25.0 +/-0.25 • 25.0-40.0 +/-0.35 • 40.0-63.0 +/-0.40 • 63.0-100.0 +/-0.50 • 100.0-160.0 +/-0.7 • 160> +/-0.50 Size(Inch)(±) • 0-0.157 +/-0.004 • 0.157-0.248 +/-0.006 • 0.248-0.394 +/-0.008 • 0.394-0.630 +/-0.008 • 0.630-0.984 +/-0.010 • 0.984-1.575 +/-0.014 • 1.575-2.480 +/-0.016 • 2.480-3.397 +/-0.020 • 3.937-6.300 +/-0.028 |