Slice the buttons off some donors. We have elastomeric keypads made for us
(offshore) and AFAIK, they drop the carbon buttons in the molds and inject
the elastomer. They can be cut off w/ an exacto knife. I don't have any
raw buttons but I could send you some keypads that have 4 per. Though is
On 1/7/2015 5:19 AM, Rick wrote:
They are the carbon contact type, and I have tried the repair paint from
Circuit Works, model # CW2605 and it seems to rub off after a while,
and I did some serious cleaning with q-tips and isopropyl alcohol on the
pads to get any oil and dirt off. Yesterday I
That sent me off on a tangent,
I found on Ebay some guy in Romania that had packs of 100 of those
carbon pills as they call them apparently in the industry, for $10.00
a pack with a tube of adhesive. Bought 2 of them.
Be a couple weeks, but that should fix me right up.
Thanks Guys for all the
On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 09:28:56 AM Stephen Dubovsky did opine
And Gene did reply:
Slice the buttons off some donors. We have elastomeric keypads made
for us (offshore) and AFAIK, they drop the carbon buttons in the
molds and inject the elastomer. They can be cut off w/ an exacto
They are the carbon contact type, and I have tried the repair paint from
Circuit Works, model # CW2605 and it seems to rub off after a while,
and I did some serious cleaning with q-tips and isopropyl alcohol on the
pads to get any oil and dirt off. Yesterday I tried another brand, MG
Chemical,
Hello Guys,
Figured this might be as best place as any to ask,
Would anybody happen to know of any suppliers of replacement rubber
buttons for printed circuit boards?
We have 4 Cincinnati milacron Avenger series turning centers,Circa
1995-96 that the controls are pretty rock solid, except for
There are a number of parts to your button problem, you did not say
which type yours are.
some the rubber is just a thing to transmit motion to the inner
contacts (membrane or dimple)
in others there is a conductive rubber pad to short two traces.
In both cases wear and corrosion on the PCB can
On 1/6/2015 6:50 AM, Dave Caroline wrote:
There are a number of parts to your button problem, you did not say
which type yours are.
some the rubber is just a thing to transmit motion to the inner
contacts (membrane or dimple)
in others there is a conductive rubber pad to short two traces.
Hi Rick!
If it is the conductive type of buttons, most of the time the conductive
graphite film on the rubber is worn. I always just repair them by
glueing tinfoil on the worn spots. There are also repair kits
(glue+graphite) available which you can put on the worn buttons.
Alex
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