Touch sensors
Touchscreens are already standard on many home appliances, vehicles, and communication devices. A light tap, swipe, or finger-circle – and functions are set in motion. In collaboration with its high-tech partner PolyIC, KURZ offers flexible sensor technology and state-of-the-art design, perfectly tailored to your needs. You’ll benefit from customized and ready-to-use sensors to suit your integration methods. Functional, durable, and ready for series production.
Functionality and design in just one injection molding process? Absolutely! KURZ and PolyIC combine In-Mold Decoration (IMD) and In-Mold Electronics (IME) in one operation. With the IMD/IME process, you not only benefit from innovative top-quality designs, but also from enormous cost advantages: no additional work steps or intermediate storage are required. In addition, the special PolyTC® films from PolyIC are conductive, flexible, wafer-thin, and even suitable for 3D geometries.
PolyTC® sensor films
PolyTC® sensor films are real all-rounders. Form and function are bridged by combining a high-resolution metal structure (metal mesh) with the transparent polyester substrate PET. Due to the grid-like arrangement of the silver microstructure, the sensor foils are extremely conductive and at the same time have the greatest possible mechanical flexibility. Whether it’s organically curved or bent 2D or 3D objects, cutting-edge modern design, or homogeneous dead-front surfaces, PolyTC® sensor films are versatile and easy to integrate into all plastic parts. Their robust character and high flexibility make them suitable for a wide variety of applications in coating and injection molding applications.
Sensor solutions for LED displays with Shy Tech design
Freely assignable buttons and sophisticated sensor solutions for LED displays make these panels an interactive highlight in Shy Tech design, created in a single process step.
Sensor solutions for cost-effective color displays
This solution follows the trend of color displays. The colorful static images and symbols are printed directly onto the sensor film and then backlit.
How much touch control do you fancy?
Whether display navigation via gesture control, single- or multi-touch, or with a tap on sensor keys: KURZ is reinventing Human-Machine Interface (HMI) concepts. The interface between man and machine meets the standards expected in terms of user experience and delivers premium functionality and innovative design. As the control elements are located behind the surface, homogenous and elegant designs can be produced, which are also more hygienic than conventional switches or controllers. They are very easy to clean, because there are no bumps in which dirt could accumulate. For components with touch functionality, KURZ offers maximum freedom of design: countless colors, patterns, and structures in deceptively real-looking marble, wood, or carbon effects are just as feasible as wide range of real metal coatings - indium-based metallization, bright metal colors, different gloss levels, or a brushed-metal look.
Touch Control – light makes the difference
Light is crucial for touch functionality. KURZ offers multiple design variations. Surfaces, for example, can be designed in such a way that icons are invisible and only backlit by a swipe, gentle tap, or finger-circle (invisible until lit / dead front). Another variant is what’s known as day-night design: Depending on the light conditions, different decors are shown on the surface. Ambience lighting creates a very special atmosphere. Freely selectable light colors, for example, illuminate the interior of a car to the individual preferences of the driver. Touch control has become an integral part of the consumer electronics, as well as the home appliances, segments. Magical light creations are conjured up and products receive their own unique fingerprint, thus ensuring an unforgettable user experience. All the while, abrasion resistance for everyday products, durability for designer objects, or chemical resistance, are as natural as individual gloss levels or reflection properties.
Innovative touch control method
Customer focus, a technological edge, and top quality – that’s the standard we set for ourselves. As a result, you’ll benefit from state-of-the-art processes, maximum functionality, and innovative design that is not only beautiful, but also functional and safe. KURZ touch control gives you freedom in function and design. If you wish, we’ll support you from the first idea to the finished product. We find the best solution for your value chain.
