Clear Silicone Rubber Light Guides| Light Pipes Applied On Silicone Rubber Keyboard

When you design a silicone rubber keyborad which may need clear transparent light guides or light pipes to transfer light from a circuit board. How to produce clear silicone light guides or light pipes on a multicolor silicone rubber keyboard.

Xiamen Better Silicone Rubber Co.,ltd provide three different solutions for your choice.

Solution#1 

Light Guides Silicone Rubber Keypad By Secondary Assembly

Advantages:

1.Separate clear light guides,without mixed colors of other silicone material.

2.To make keypad more beautiful

Disadvantages:

1. Manual assembly required.

2. The sealing effect is poor.

3. Need extra mold, not cost-effective

Solution #2

Light Guides Silicone Rubber Keypad by Color Coating With Key Caps

Advantages:

1. Separate clear light guides,without mixed colors of other silicone material.

2. Neat Color Keys,beautiful look.

Disadvantages:

1.  Need extra keycaps tool

2.  Expand the production time, unit price is higher.

Solution#3

Light Guides Silicone Rubber Keyboard By Key-setting Process

Advantages:

1.  Save production time

2.  Cost effective

3. Appearance will not be affected after silicone buttons are assembled with enclosure.

Disadvantages:

 Mixed colors

Clear light guides light pipes are widely used in silicone rubber keyboard. Welcome to send us design drawing and requirements, Xiamen Better Silicone Rubber Co.,ltd not only can provide moldability analysis, manufacturability analysis based on your products, but also we provide design support.