Thomas,
without knowing the exact numbers that you are ordering it is tough
to say. Are you really saying $10 - $15 PER switch? If you are then your
quantities would have to be very high to get economical. Membranes use a
fair amount of labour/tooling in order to accurately construct the switch.
For a reasonable quantity (>1000)of membrane keypads (multiple
contacts) I would think this is definitely very high. My experience,
ordering for product quantities around 50K per year, I would be looking for
something more around $3USD per multiple contact (10 - 15 contacts) membrane
keypads.
I have never found membrane keypads to be that cost effective. We
used to design with a lot of silicon membrane switches for this reason. They
are much more economical except when you get down to below 10K type volumes.
Sincerely,
Brad Velander.
Lead PCB Designer
Norsat International Inc.
Microwave Products
Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line)
Fax (604) 292-9010
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.norsat.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 7:04 PM
To: Protel OT Forum (E-mail)
Subject: [OT] Price for membrane switches
This is the first time I've needed to incorporate membrane type switches
into a label.
I received a quote for around $10 to $15 Australian per switch.
This seems excessive, is it?
Tom.
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