In-mold electronic inks enable seamless functional integration
By printing circuits directly onto plastic substrates, touch controls, such as electronic buttons, switches and slides, are readily integrated in applications such as home appliances and automobiles. The inks offer important design, manufacturing, weight and cost advantages and mark the further expansion of DuPont advanced materials enabling printed electronics.
The DuPont ME series in-mold electronic inks are designed to withstand demanding manufacturing processes such as thermoforming and injection molding. They also simplify the assembly process because there is only a single connection point and no wires behind the console.
This can reduce the weight of a console by more than 70 percent. In addition to increased design freedom and lighter weight, the technology can reduce cost by up to 50 percent compared to currently available buttons and up to 20 percent versus other electronic touch switch systems. To help simplify implementation of the technology, DuPont is also launching a compatibility database that contains in-use testing and reliability data of DuPont’s in-mold electronic inks when used with industry-leading films and graphic inks.
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