Scratch and abrasion proof touchscreen solutions to suit any environment

Resistive touch screens can be operated with a bare or gloved hand, a stylus or almost any other pointing implement. However in practice the flexible touch membrane can often be scratched, torn or even melted and this can make the product unsuitable for applications such as public access terminals principally due to the high risk of vandalism.

Within these environments toughened glass capacitive touch screens are often supplied achieving reasonable vandal resistance but as this technology requires skin contact to effect the touch, a dirty or scratched screen, a gloved hand or stylus implement will fail to effect a touch. This itself often increases the risk of damage due to increased force being applied by the user.

Moreover it is claimed that this technology is susceptible to electromagnetic interference, producing false presses – a real hazard in military or other potentially life critical situations.

Clearly with both technologies having their own advantages and disadvantages a third option which exploits the benefits, whilst removing the disadvantages of both, is going to be really attractive to OEM’s within a multitude of markets.

GFG (glass, film, glass) achieves the touch characteristics of resistive touch and the robustness of capacitive touch and yet also is scratch resistant.
Surprisingly whilst capacitive touch is typically 100% - 150% more expensive than resistive, GFG sits at less than 35%.

Products supporting GFG touchscreen include our Panel PC systems, complete display monitors and open frame display monitors.