Manufacturer of custom membrane keyboards and front panel overlays for medical devices, industrial controls and household appliances.
FOL-TECH GmbH & Co. KG
Gräfenberg (Bavaria) · Am Schelmberg 4, 91322 GräfenbergNew on Amplifa
About FOL-TECH
FOL-TECH is a manufacturer of membrane keyboards and front panel overlays based in Gräfenberg in Franconia. The company develops, designs and produces custom input elements: from keyboard layout and colour scheme including functional layers, through printing and finishing of front panel overlays (e.g. with special or effect colours, chemically resistant versions or light diffusion), to the finished, ready-to-connect and ready-to-operate membrane keyboard. Manufacturing includes printing of circuit layouts, embossing, doming, die-cutting, SMD assembly as well as crimping, soldering, plugging and final assembly, including in housings. Circuit and carrier boards are sourced regionally or supplied by the customer as customer material. All production steps are additionally offered as individual services, contract work or outsourcing. Customer industries include medical devices, industrial controls and household appliances; FOL-TECH front panel overlays and membrane keyboards are robust against contamination and moisture and are suitable for demanding environments.
- Site
- Gräfenberg
- Processes
- Manufacture of front panel overlays (design, printing, finishing), Manufacture of membrane keyboards (crimping, soldering, plugging, final assembly), Development, optimisation and printing of circuit layouts, SMD assembly, Embossing, doming, die-cutting, Assembly and final inspection of front panel overlays and membrane keyboards, Final assembly in housing / component and sub-assembly assembly, Development, design and production of membrane keyboards
- Materials
- Plastic films, SMD assembly, Customer material (circuit and carrier boards)
- Certificates
- ISO 9001
- Industries
- Medical technology (medical devices), Industry (industrial controls), Household appliances
- 01
Development and design of keyboard layout and colour scheme incl.
- 02
Printing of circuit layouts
- 03
Printing and finishing of design/front panel overlays
- 04
Embossing, doming, die-cutting
- 05
SMD assembly
- 06
Crimping, soldering, plugging of the membrane keyboard
- 07
Final assembly in housing / component & sub-assembly assembly
- 08
Assembly and final inspection of front panel overlays and membrane keyboards
Processes & Materials
Plastic films
Base material for front panel overlays and membrane keyboards; versions include chemically resistant or with light diffusion.
SMD assembly
Assembly of electronic components as part of keyboard manufacturing.
Customer material (circuit and carrier boards)
Regionally purchased or customer-supplied circuit and carrier boards for final assembly.
Locations
Gräfenberg
DEHeadquarters and production
- Materials
- Plastic films, circuit and carrier boards
- Printing machines
- Testing machine for keyboard key pressure point
Components & Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of front panel overlays (design, printing, finishing)Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Manufacture of membrane keyboards (crimping, soldering, plugging, final assembly)Joining | – | – | – | – | – |
| Development, optimisation and printing of circuit layoutsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| SMD assemblyAssembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Embossing, doming, die-cuttingForming | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly and final inspection of front panel overlays and membrane keyboardsInspection | – | – | – | – | – |
| Final assembly in housing / component and sub-assembly assemblyAssembly | – | – | – | – | Customer material (circuit and carrier boards) |
Additional services
Quality
Front panel overlays and membrane keyboards are assembled and finally inspected; the key pressure point of the keyboards is tested by machine. The company is certified to ISO 9001.
| Evidence | Gräfenberg |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001 |