Touch on the factory floor
Industrial control is a stated application of the manufacturer's programme, and it changes the specification conversation: the operators wear gloves, the front gets wiped down, the electronics sit in a cabinet with drives and contactors for company. Infrared and PCAP each answer part of that brief, and this catalogue carries both — which is why industrial buyers should specify environment first and technology second.
The industrial specifications
Gloved operation → infrared
An IR frame senses any interrupting object, so gloved hands, including work gloves, operate it without special glove modes. Frames in open-frame kit form build into machine fronts and line-side terminals; the sensing surface is the machine's own protective glass, replaceable on damage.
Sealed flush front → PCAP panel
Where the front must be a single cleanable glass surface, a PCAP panel with silk-screen printed cover glass is the build: the catalogue's industrial PCAP models are explicitly offered with black silk-screen printing and custom sizing for equipment fronts.
Building your own → PCBA components
Machine builders who manufacture their own frames or fronts take the sensing as PCBA modules — 5 ms class response, USB 5V, 20-point standard — and integrate the electronics into the cabinet design.
Declaring the environment
The inquiry that produces a correct industrial quotation states: glove type, cleaning regime, ambient electrical noise sources, operating temperature expectation, and whether the front faces splash or washdown. None of these are exotic questions — they are the difference between a touch layer specified for the floor and one specified from a brochure. Certifications for specific models are available upon request; ask for the documents against your shortlisted model in the inquiry.