Research and development

Always at the pulse: KH maintains its own R & H department in order to provide our customers with innovative processes. Innovative surfaces and the integration of functionalities in plastic components are always the center of interest, as is process reliability. Our inventiveness has been awarded the TecPart prize on numerous occasions.

Capacitive operation

Printed conductor paths with applied electronic components open new dimensions with the integration of electronics in 3D-shaped components.

  1. Window regulator with touch function
  2. Safety-relevant two-finger operation
  3. Haptic feedback
  4. Sealed surfaces

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KH Touchball

A dodecahedron is considered the perfect platonic body. Even two of them attract attention at our trade fair stands. As if by magic, one of the twelve-sided planes floats in space and is a symbol of the future-oriented surface technologies realized by KH. From Black/White Panel technology and vanishing effects to painted, heated and capacitive surfaces and various foil technologies. And it's not just about the special optic and haptic effects. The second "touchball" invites you to feel and activate light and heat. We equipped the 3D design surfaces with capacitive sensors, integrated electronics and haptic feedback. As Head of Technical Sales, Thomas Ruff's job is to feel trends: "We show what is possible today and in the future."

Black-/White-Panel

Foil technologies

Capacitive surfaces

Combination digital/screen printing

Heated surfaces

Vanishing effects

Painted surfaces

Only one foil: Printed heating coils with decor as a cover

Resourceful inventors

You have a challenge for our R & D team? Let’s talk about it.

CoolBrush

Cold and silver, that must be metal. No, it’s CoolBrush, a process developed by KH to emulate metal surfaces. Would you like to feel it?

Heatable IML components

For exterior parts with integrated camera, radar or lidar systems, the surface requires to be free of ice very quickly. Heatable IML components offer the ideal solution for these challenges.

Antimicrobial surfaces

Surfaces that are touched by many can transfer germs. An antimicrobial feature prevents this. We would be happy to inform you about the various processes.

Glass encapsulation

A genuine dream team: highly transparent glass and flexible, malleable plastic. KH positions freely floating glass plates fully automatically into the tool and encapsulates them on the narrow side. The result is a type of lense with “window frames”. With the newly developed technology, previously unrealizable applications are now made possible.

 

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