Industrial Touch Screen Monitors

THE BEST TOUCH SCREEN TYPES FOR INDUSTRIAL USE

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Touch displays enable the user to interact with a computer, control system or device without the use of a keyboard or mouse. We have a variety of HMI touch displays and touch screens compatible with HMI from Automation Direct for Human Machine Interface. A touch screen display can be found nearly everywhere. You interact with a touchscreen monitor constantly; they have become very commonplace in our daily lives. Cell phones, ATM’s, kiosks, ticket vending machines, manufacturing plants and more all use touchscreen monitors. Read further to discover the 5 types of touch screens. 

TRU-Vu Monitors offers a wide range of industrial touch screen display monitors, including  Sunlight Readable touch screens, panel mount touch monitors and Medical touch screens with P-Cap touch. We also offer Resistive touch, Capacitive touch, SAW touch,  and IR industrial touch panels, with USB and RS-232 interfaces. New models are HID Compliant, eliminating the need to load drivers. We provide the best heavy duty LCD touch screen panels for industrial use; all are TAA-Compliant.  Which one Is right for you?

What is the best TYPE OF touch SCREEN technology?

The most important decision in choosing the best touch screen display for your application will be the type of touch technology screens to use. There are five major types of touch screens, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.  Some have multi touch capability. All are TAA-Compliant touch screens.

5  TYPES OF TOUCH SCREEN TECHNOLOGY:

• 5-Wire Resistive Touch Screens
• Surface Capacitive Touch Screens
• Projected Capacitive (P-Cap) Touch Screens (with or without TRU-Touch Technology)
• SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) Touch Screens
• IR (Infrared) Touch Screens

To help you guide you through the advantages of the 5 most common types of touch screen technology, see our tutorial on touch screen basics.

Our convenient touch screen comparison chart will provide a quick overview of advantages and disadvantages of each type. We offer over a dozen models of HMI touch displays.

GUIDE TO CLEANING & DISINFECTING TOUCH SCREENs

Touch screens will obviously require cleaning and disinfecting due to the high number of contact and touch points. Special care must be taken not to damage the touch screen display face, especially for 5-wire resistive touchscreen monitors. Their surface can easily be permanently damaged by corrosive cleaning agents (bleach, ammonia, etc.) or abrasive materials (dirty cloths, steel wool). Please see our monitor cleaning guidelines, and monitor COVID-disinfecting guidelines for more specific details. These guidelines will help ensure you keep your touch screens clean, and safely disinfected from germs or viruses.