Touch Screens.


Touch screens have become extremely common in this digital world, such as cell phones, ATMs, ticket vending machines, kiosks, etc. But there are many types of touch screens that the manufacturers of the technical screen are providing. These numerous types are listed below, with the basic description of each type.

5- Wire Resistive:

Touch is a widely used technology in this modern age. This resistive touch screen monitor is manufactured by a glass panel and a film screen. The metallic layer covers the screen and separates the narrow gap.

The two metallic layers make contact when a user touches the screen, which results in an electrical flow. This point of contact can be detected through the voltage change.

  • The touch screen can be activated virtually used any object such as finger, stylus, pen, gloved hand, etc.
  •  It has a tactile feel.
  • The manufacturing cost is low.
  • It consumes low power.
  • High resistance towards liquids and any surface contaminants such as dust, oil, moisture, grease, etc.)

Surface Capacitive:

This type is the second most popular touch screen type in the market produced by technical screens manufacturer. When the user touches the monitor screen, it reacts to the human body because of the static electrical capacity presence.

These touch screens can only be activated through human skin touch or a stylus holding an electrical charge.
  • It has better image clarity when compared to resistive touch.
  • This touch screen durability is high.
  • High resistance power from liquids and surface contaminants such as oil, dust, grease, water droplets, etc.
  • It even has high scratch resistance.

Projected Capacitive:

This touch screen is similar to the surface capacitive, but it has two main advantages. It can be activated with surgical gloves or thin cotton gloves along with bare skin. And it also has a multi-touch activation advantage.
  • This type of touch screen has excellent image clarity.
  • It has more resistance power to the scratching comparative to surface capacitive.
  • The common quality of resistance towards liquids as all other touch screen types is also enabled.
  • The main and primary advantage is the multi-touch feature.

Surface Acoustic Wave:

This touch screen utilizes a piezoelectric transducers series. It also has the receivers at the monitor's glass plate sides to create an invisible grid with ultrasonic waves on the surface.

  • Similar to all the touch screen types, this also has excellent image clarity.
  • It has better scratch resistance than the capacitive type.
  • It has high-touch life, which makes it more suitable for long-term usage.

Infrared Touch Screen:

These touch screen type monitors do not overlay the display of the screen. Instead, it uses IR emitters and receivers in the infrared monitors for creating an invisible grid of light beams throughout the screen.
  • It has high image clarity and also a light transmission of all kinds of touch technologies.
  • One more major advantage is about having an unlimited touch life.
  •  Resistance towards the surface scratches.
These are some of the touch screen types majorly produced by the technical screens manufacturer. Each one has its own advantages that can be suitable for different applications. Users need to check all the advantages before purchasing a touch screen type.