At present, industrial touch screens rely on their excellent performance and quality. It is widely used in industrial control, medical, education, terminal and other industries. The demand for industrial touch screens will increase significantly in the future, and the development ideas of industrial touch screens will also become clearer. What will the future industrial display screens look like?

Industrial touch screens have many advantages such as durability, fast response, space saving, and easy communication. Using this technology, users can operate the host and interact with the screen by gently clicking on the text or symbols on the screen with their fingers, making human-computer interaction more straightforward. This technology is useful for those who do not understand computers. Users make them more convenient and simple. Its development trend will be mainly reflected in the following aspects:

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1. Alternative materials will continue to emerge in the touch screen industry

From the perspective of the touch screen industry chain, glass substrates, Petfilm, and adhesive materials are the main materials in the upstream of the industry, and the supply of glass substrates and Petfilm is monopolized by American and Japanese companies. ITO glass, ITO film, sensor (including touch IC), and coverlens are the midstream parts, while the touch module glass is generally in the downstream. According to research on touch materials in recent years, the research and development of alternative materials is mainly in the upstream and midstream parts. According to current statistics, touch sensors are undergoing the process of film-type replacing glass-type touch sensors. The thickness and weight brought by G/G touch technology still have a lot of room for improvement for consumers and end markets. Film touch sensors are used to replace glass touch sensors in order to improve the thickness at the same time. and weight.

Currently, many manufacturers are beginning to test using plastic instead of glass. This test will overcome the problems of high weight and insufficient impact resistance. In general, the hardness and rigidity of glass materials are higher than that of plastic materials, and their resistance may cause cracks or severe deformation due to extrusion. In comparison, plastic materials are more resistant to impact and drops than glass materials.

At present, the thin film transparent materials of nano-silver wires are mainly in the hands of Japanese Ube Industries, ITRI Materials and Chemistry Institute, Changxing Chemical and other material suppliers; while the main suppliers of PI are Panasonic, Mitsubishi, etc., whose nano-silver wires and high-temperature ITO films The touch panel industry is more concerned about the yield and progress of materials. In the future, as the global touch screen industry continues to develop and advance, alternative materials will continue to emerge in the global touch screen industry in the future.

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2. The “convergence” of the two major industries of touch screen and LCD

The industrial touch screen industry is similar to the TFT industry. These two industries account for a relatively large proportion of the value chain. As long as they account for about 65%, the two industries will always develop in a straight line and in a balanced manner. As the touch screen industry develops, it will be matched with the production lines of LCD manufacturers, and there will be obvious production synergy between LCD manufacturers and touch screen manufacturers. Therefore, based on long-term observation, the two major industries will merge together in the future, and the touch screen will eventually return to the LCD industry and become an independent department in the LCD industry. Integration will be one of the trends in the touch industry in the future. Judging from the current touch industry, virtual integration is not only an upward trend, it is also an important means for touch screen merchants to survive in the future.

Industrial touch screen technology makes the equipment interface more friendly and human-computer interaction simpler, faster and more fun. Various operations can be realized with just one click. The application field of touch screen will become wider and wider. In the future, various touch forms will develop together, and the future world will also be a touch world.