Mobile/Keyboard Switch Testing
Haptic Testing
Industrial automation can be used to perform haptic testing on many devices that humans touch such as automotive switches, consumer electronics, medical devices and so on. SMAC electric actuators are used on haptic testing system and perform the tests and feedback not only a Pass / Fail result but also provide:
- Force vs. Position testing data feedback
- Force vs. position testing data feedback
- Force vs. Distance testing data feedback
- Displacement testing feedback
- Registers electrical contact point
- High speed durability testing
- Laboratory & production SPC data
SMAC’s devices combine the features of an LVDT, Load Cell and zero-backlash positioning system into a single unit. These actuators perform the tests and report not only a Pass / Fail result but also measure stroke and force required to make or break contact. The Soft-Land feature allows testing to be done without the risk of damaging delicate mechanisms, and testing can be done in-line during the manufacturing process. This makes it ideal for reporting force vs. position and high speed durability testing. Easily integrates into any SPC data collection software. Accurately determines electrical contact point.
High speed durability testing 1,000,000 cycles in less than 8 hours
Suitable for:
- Automotive switch panels
- Multi-function switches
- White goods
- Micro-switches
- Membrane keypads
- Trunk release switches
- Safety relays
SMAC Advantages
- Ability to “Soft-Land” onto delicate and low-force switches with a force of only a few grams
- Force feedback allows the user to measure break/toggle point on out and return stroke, thus displaying switch differential
- Easily programmed position and force “windows” to warn of missing or broken components.
- Life testing of components as well as measurement and QA reporting functions in one unit.
- Assembly and test functions in one unit.
- Data capture to plot force vs. position
- Linear/rotary actuator in a single ready-to-mount package