Category Archives: Metal Domes
Chiefly talking about metal dome, such as what’s it, how to make, metal dome industry technology and news, and so on.
Function of Dimple in Metal Dome
Have you seen that picture? Do you know the name of four “dot” in the pictures, one in middle, three in peripheral? Haha, maybe you already know it, maybe not. The name is “Dimple” in the metal dome industry. It’s … Continue reading →
Metal Dome Packing Series 1
As we know, the general packing of metal dome is in bulk, such as 1,000 pcs or 5,000 pcs per PE bag. This kind of packing has the lowest packing cost. But there’re also other kinds of packing methods, such … Continue reading →
Why People Like to Use Metal Domes in Extreme Way
As you know, the product lines of metal domes which is popular used currently are from 3mm to 12mm, whether the shape is circle, four-legs, triangle, or oblong. In fact, different shapes of metal domes have its own advantage and so … Continue reading →
ESD and EMC
As we mention in our products metal dome arrays – EMI printing, on top of the Mayler which carries metal dome contacts, silver paste or silver carbon paste is printed as ESD (Electrostatic Discharge Control). In fact, not only we … Continue reading →
About Stainless Steel – Raw Material of Metal Dome (2)
 For the previous article, please view http://www.metal-domes.com/blog/2006/09/08/stainless-steel-material-of-metal-dome-1 4) Families of stainless steels There are several families of stainless steel: FERRITIC, MARTENSITIC, AUSTENITIC and DUPLEX. These names are derived from the crystal structure of the steels, which governs their metallurgical behaviour. … Continue reading →
About Stainless Steel – Raw Material of Metal Dome (1)
As you know, the raw material of metal domes (or named snap domes) is stainless steel. (Sometimes the phosphor bronze are used, but much seldom). The quality of material will affect the quality of finished metal domes, so we must be much careful … Continue reading →
some questions and answers about metal dome and dome array
Shortly after we our new circle metal domes lauching (http://www.metal-domes.com/blog/2006/08/29/new-circle-metal-domes/) on Aug 28, we have received many responses from our clients or friends from related industry. One client told me “It’s really eye opener!” . You may also like PCB PAD Finishing for … Continue reading →
New Circle Metal Domes
In this week, we have developed a new type of circle metal dome, which increases the contact space of metal dome, enhances the working stability and decreases the making difficulty procedure of PCB or membrane switch.  You may also like … Continue reading →