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You might be thinking, "what is a clean room?" or maybe you're thinking, "I don't care about them so I'm willing to take that bet.." Well imagine this:

In an effort to keep our employees informed on best practices to stay safe, in any environment, we called in the Milwaukee Police Department to give us the low down. As difficult as some of the topics were, our employees were able to leave with the basic knowledge of how to be prepared and stay safe. During this safety and crime prevention training we learned of some key take-aways:

Printed Electronics Now reported that Cambrios Technologies is shutting down.

Why is this news for Xymox? Because Cambrios made silver nanowires which were used to make clear conductive films used in projected capacitive touch sensors. Xymox also manufactures projected capacitive sensors. Does Cambrios’ departure from the touch screen ecosystem impact Xymox? In one word, No, but we are interested in those that make it and those that don’t within our market.

How to make a printed battery.

 

In some applications and harsh environments, a membrane switch may not fit the bill.  You may want a very thick overlay for an application where the front of a keypad may see some abuse or harsh use. Or maybe you need a thick polycarbonate overlay (.060” or greater for example), but often those are too thick for the user to press and short together the membrane switch circuit.

Xymox is honored to receive the award for "Best Supplier for 2014 Performance" from Gilbarco Veeder-Root!

"Xymox's Flexible Printed Sensors Combined with Microchip's Low-Power Touch Electronics to Meet the Growing Demand for Low-Cost, Faster-Time-to-Market Human-Interface Solutions"