Backlit Rubber Keyboard, also known as Backlit Keyboard, Backlight Rubber Keypad, which are widely used as light on equipment buttons. The character or symbol on the surface of rubber keypad can be seen under the irradiation of backlight leds, so it can also be called as backlit silicone keypad & transparent silicone keypad.
Specification of Custom Made Backlit Rubber Keyboard
Material: Silicone Rubber, Liquid Silicone Rubber
Color: transparent and other colors
Size: According to your drawings
Hardness: Shore A 30°~ 80°
Legends: Ink Coating & Laser Etching
Molded Way: Compression Molding
Performance: Aging resistance, cold resistance, heat resistance, chemical stability
Certificate: ISO9001-2015, IATF16949
OEM/ODM: Available
Samples: free available samples
Logo: Customized (Silkscreen logo, embossed or debossed logo)
Crafting Backlit Silicone Keyboards: Laser Engraving Process
This surface treatment method, also known as laser etching or laser marking, is based on optical principles.
- Ink Coating: Manufacturers typically start by spraying a layer of ink on the surface of a transparent silicone keypad, with the ink color determined by the graphic design.
- Laser Carving: Next, a laser carving machine is used to etch the ink on the silicone keypad’s surface according to the shapes of the characters. This process removes the ink, enabling characters to emit light.
To create a backlit silicone keyboard, two key steps are involved: applying an ink coating and using laser engraving. This combination ensures that the characters on the silicone buttons emit light from within. Additionally, a backlit silicone keyboard can be made from pure silicone material without added color, as silicone itself is naturally transparent, providing a level of translucency.
How to identify Laser Etching Backlit rubber keypad?
- By touching the character of the key with hands, if it is a laser cutting button, there will be a concave feeling; if it is ordinary screen printing keypad, will feel a slightly bump.
- Observing the back of rubber keypad, generally,if the back silicone color is silicone primary color (transparent milkyl white), then 90% is laser etched rubber keypad.
- Using a LED device to light the back of the keypad, and if the character is transmitting and the edge is opaque, then it is laser etching silicone keypad.
Backlit Rubber Keypad’s Advantages
- High precision. Laser engraving can do exactly the same as designed legends or pattern, with beautiful look.
- The silicone keypad with backlight effect which are clearly visible in darker environments.lt is easy to operate.
- Low defective rate, and can be re-work if wrong laser etching character.
Before shipment, we will detect if the keypad is wrong laser etched character and backlight of keypad. Like light leakage,pinholes,stain on surface and so on.
