Material & life cycle

Life cycle depends very much on the selected Stroke, Acutation force and Snap. Actuating angle, actuating force, actuator shape, temperature & humidity etc all influence test results. We a standard silicone material, a long life silicone material for higher cylces and a capacitive silicone.

We strongly recommend testing life cycle in your specific application and environment. Typical life cylces are 20'000 - 500'000 cyles, depending on characteristics.

Code 1 = Standard Quality

Code 2 = Long life Quality, increases life cyles

Code 3 = Capacitive Silicone

Example	Standard Silicone	Long Life Silicone
Stroke <= 1.6mm AND F1 <= 3.5N	Min. 150’000 cycles	Min. 300’000 cycles
Stroke > 1.6mm OR F1 > 3.5N	Max. 50’000 cycles	Max. 100’000 cycles