The lifespan of a touchscreen is one of the most relevant criteria that should be taken into account when purchasing, because only a touchscreen with a long service life is a cost-effective choice in the long term.
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In the product segment of resistive, pressure-based touchscreens, Interelectronix offers a particularly high-quality product with the ULTRA. Due to the patented glass-film-glass structure, it is much more durable than analogue resistive touchscreens that have a polyester surface.
The glass surface of the ULTRA Touch is not only very scratch-resistant, but it also protects the conductive ITO layer from bending or breaking.
In the capacitive sector, Interelectronix specialises in the production of robust, projected capacitive touchscreens based on countercapacitance technology. Since no force is required for activation, this technology can even surpass the ULTRA GFG in terms of longevity.
Excellent results of the service life tests
In the lifetime tests we carry out, machine tests at a single touch point how many touch activations are possible until the functionality of the touchscreen is impaired.
Particularly durable resistive touchscreens
Naturally, resistive technologies are at a disadvantage in this test, as a force is required for activation, which can damage the ITO layer in particular.
However, with around 250 million touches, the patented GFG ULTRA touchscreens achieve excellent results in endurance tests and are therefore considered to be very durable.
PCAP with glass surface
These are manufactured with microglass as standard and are particularly well protected due to the hard glass surface.
However, capacitive technology also offers a technology-related advantage that results in a particularly long service life. Impulses are not triggered by pressure, but by changes in electrical capacitance.
As a result, the ITO film underneath the microglass cannot be damaged by pressure. As a result, our PCAP touchscreens achieve over 850 million touches in lifetime tests without damaging the surface or the ITO film. Likewise, despite the very high number of pulses, there are no switching errors.
