What is a Graphic Overlay?

A graphic overlay is the outermost layer of the front panel. It is the intuitive part of an electronic interface that connects the user to the machine, device, or equipment; and the part of the front panel switch which is visible to the user, graphically defining the locations of the keypads, and explaining the operation of the equipment. For these reasons, the panel graphic overlay plays a significant role in defining the user experience.

 A well-designed graphic overlay makes a powerful first impression of your company and your equipment. The design of the panel overlay will set your equipment apart from the competition by providing an unsurpassed user experience.

Not only must the panel graphic overlay explain the operation of the equipment, it must satisfy aesthetic requirements, and more importantly, environmental and physical end-use application requirements.

Ideal Jacobs (Xiamen) is a renowned leader in the design and production of high-quality graphic overlays. Our graphic design department, color matching laboratory and silkscreen production capacity in a clean room, together qualify Ideal Jacobs to manufacture “best in class” silkscreen work. Backing up our production team is a support staff including materials engineers, R&D, and an in-house environmental testing laboratory.

Some surface finish options:

Velvet ( various levels available)

Gloss finish ( various levels available)

Anti-reflective

Anti-microbial

Additional selective textures offered through our screen printing process such as: UV
cured selective textures

 

Windows:

Clear LCD or LED

ITO armored using optical clear lamination conducted in one of our clean rooms

Dead front

Interchangeable legends

Smoked as well as translucent colors for backlighting purposes

Embossing/forming:

Multi-level platform options

Finger guide, LED, braille, pillow either as a standalone or combination of
Cold and hot embossing

Hydroforming

ClickTouch thermoformed embossing

Printing:

Screen printing conducted in one of our clean rooms

Digital Printing

Cutting:

Laser traced steel rule dies

Tinplate high precision tools

Laser and CNC cutting