Micro glass thickness
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Increase sleep comfort and thermal resistance

Interelectronix offers two microglass thicknesses for both resistive and capacitive technology:

  • 0.1 mm
  • 0.2 mm

While the standard thickness of 0.1 mm is ideal for normal applications, a glass thickness of 0.2 mm is particularly recommended if increased forces are to be expected or special requirements are placed on thermal resistance.

"Doubling the glass thickness of the microglass does not increase the scratch resistance, because this is already fully guaranteed in both thicknesses. " Christian Kühn, Glass Film Glass Technology Expert
However, increasing the glass thickness from 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm significantly improves impact resistance and thus provides improved protection against vandalism. It also leads to an increased thermal resistance of a touchscreen, which is particularly necessary in the environment of welding, flexing or handling liquid metals.

0.2 mm micro glass thickness for GFG

The use of microglass with a glass thickness of 0.2 mm makes a resistive GFG touchscreen considerably more robust. It should be noted, however, that at the same time the activation force necessary to trigger an impulse increases with thicker glass.

This may well be desirable in individual cases if the touch control must not react too sensitively to a non-specific pressure, but should first respond to a deliberately stronger pressure with the finger or another object.

0.2 mm micro glass thickness for PCAP

Our PCAP touchscreens show no change in the functionality when using 0.2 mm microglass. The usual good and smooth multi-touch operation of our PCAP touchscreens as well as the precise touch recognition work perfectly even with twice the glass thickness.

However, we do not recommend using even thicker microglasses to increase resistance in order not to restrict usability. If special resistance is required, we recommend extra chemically hardened surfaces or the use of laminated glass.