Long lasting touch screen ULTRA Sensor Durability

ULTRA Touchpanels Scratch Resistant Durable Glass Surface

There are 2 major factors that affect the durability of a regular resistive touch screen

• the touch screen polyester wears out
• the conductive ITO coating on the switch layer degrades to non functional

Touch Screen Surface durable scratch resistant glass

The top surface of the ULTRA is a 0.1 mm thin micro glass. This glass is very durable against mechanical abrasion. A regular touch screen polyester wears out quickly in dusty or industrial environments especially in CNC workshops. The fine metal powder permanently rubs the polyester which gets milky and blind. The patented ULTRA touch screen technology is completely unaffected by mechanical abrasion.

ULTRA can handle more then 235 million touch operations per point

The mechanism that causes the ITO coating to fail is related to the amount of flexing it undergoes, like bending fatigue. With the glass armour bonded to the polyester it is obviously stiffer - and flexes much less with each touch. So when we run the thumper test, we pass 235 million touches without a problem.

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Imporant

Compared to a regular resistive touch screen the ULTRA technology improves the lifetime of a sensor more then 600%.