Touch-Sensitive Control Surfaces: The Next Thing in Medical Technology?

摘要

Capacitive sensing films encapsulated in injection molded parts, a technology promoted initially for automotive cockpit control consoles, is also presenting new opportunities in medical equipment. That's the view at Engel, which has demonstrated the manufacturing concept at recent trade shows. For example, Engel (U.S. office in York, Pa.; engelglobal.com/us) produced a prototype automotive center console in a complex molding cell at NPE 2012 in Orlando, Fla., and a "close-to-production" version of this application at Chinaplas 2013 in Guangzhou (see our NPE preview in March '12).