Bridget Klebaur 11.20.13
Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG and its subsidiary PolyIC presented the latest developments and combination possibilities of function and design at the K 2013.
The K 2013, which took place in Düsseldorf from Oct. 16-23, was the biggest and most important trade show worldwide for the plastics and rubber industry again this year with more than 3,200 exhibitors in 19 exhibition halls. The plastics and rubber exhibition attracted some 220,000 trade visitors, more than half of them from abroad.
Kurz and PolyIC presented touch applications at the Kurz booth which were met with great interest by the visitors of the K 2013. Both exhibitors introduced two novel touch demonstrators. One of them is an automotive center console demonstrator with capacitive touch elements and a touch pad. It demonstrates the use of functional PolyTC touch sensor film and decorative film by Kurz for automotive applications.
The center console demonstrator exemplifies how a number of properties required by the market can be implemented by combining decorative and functional elements. For the first time, this application could be presented using one single component whose production in a die-cast process was also demonstrated live at the trade show. The project was implemented by Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG, PolyIC and other partners. It underlined Kurz's capacity to offer such complex solutions from one source.
The demonstrator integrates various capacitive control concepts such as keys, slides, a climate control wheel and a so-called touch pad for controlling an entertainment system. These elements are integrated into a curved 3D component with an ample control panel. A single image decoration specially adjusted using IMD technology rounds off the component.
The second demonstrator shown was a 5" multi-touch demonstrator that shows the use of functional PolyTC touch sensor film and IMD film by Kurz for various display applications as required in smartphones, for example. It also illustrates how the technology can be used for different display applications in the automotive industry, white goods or consumer sector.
The demonstrator shows how easily functional films and decorative elements can be integrated together on a display lens. Despite the efficient production, all required properties, such as high transparency and conductivity of the functional film as well as durability and abrasion resistance of the decorative film, are preserved. The multi-touch demonstrator, too, was developed from source coordinated by the Kurz group.
The K 2013, which took place in Düsseldorf from Oct. 16-23, was the biggest and most important trade show worldwide for the plastics and rubber industry again this year with more than 3,200 exhibitors in 19 exhibition halls. The plastics and rubber exhibition attracted some 220,000 trade visitors, more than half of them from abroad.
Kurz and PolyIC presented touch applications at the Kurz booth which were met with great interest by the visitors of the K 2013. Both exhibitors introduced two novel touch demonstrators. One of them is an automotive center console demonstrator with capacitive touch elements and a touch pad. It demonstrates the use of functional PolyTC touch sensor film and decorative film by Kurz for automotive applications.
The center console demonstrator exemplifies how a number of properties required by the market can be implemented by combining decorative and functional elements. For the first time, this application could be presented using one single component whose production in a die-cast process was also demonstrated live at the trade show. The project was implemented by Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG, PolyIC and other partners. It underlined Kurz's capacity to offer such complex solutions from one source.
The demonstrator integrates various capacitive control concepts such as keys, slides, a climate control wheel and a so-called touch pad for controlling an entertainment system. These elements are integrated into a curved 3D component with an ample control panel. A single image decoration specially adjusted using IMD technology rounds off the component.
The second demonstrator shown was a 5" multi-touch demonstrator that shows the use of functional PolyTC touch sensor film and IMD film by Kurz for various display applications as required in smartphones, for example. It also illustrates how the technology can be used for different display applications in the automotive industry, white goods or consumer sector.
The demonstrator shows how easily functional films and decorative elements can be integrated together on a display lens. Despite the efficient production, all required properties, such as high transparency and conductivity of the functional film as well as durability and abrasion resistance of the decorative film, are preserved. The multi-touch demonstrator, too, was developed from source coordinated by the Kurz group.