Zytronic PCT sensors protect touch screens from casino luck rituals

Projectec Capacitive sensor technology has been the ideal solution chosen by the casino screen integrator Global Monitor in Mexico to avoid the knocks and continuous scratching that gambling fans carry out to attract fortune and that damage the touch displays of the machines..

The rituals and superstitions to seek luck that accompany users in games of chance are a common practice throughout the world., although when it comes to digital touch screens, increasingly used in this industry, the issue becomes complicated, since they end up scratched or damaged, as usually happens with the rings that users kiss and hit the machine screen to attract fortune.

To solve this problem, very common in casinos in some countries, like Mexico, the casino screen integrator Global Monitor in this country has standardized touch systems 23 manufacturer's inches Zytronic with Projectec Capacitive sensor technology (PCT) para International Gold Club.

As Juan Manuel Sánchez Ramírez explains, by Global Monitor, “very frequently, The women of Mexico kiss their diamond rings and touch the screens with them to invoke luck. “This tradition quickly damaged surface capacitive touch sensors and caused them to fail.”.

Zytronic PCT sensors are located behind a reinforced glass panel of 4 mm. thick, thus preventing damage from scratches or bumps on the touch screen, with a fast and accurate response time of less than 10ms. In addition to this protection, Sensors do not require re-calibration nor are they bypassed, which significantly reduces maintenance time and cost.

“In the last six months we have installed more than three hundred screens with Zytronic PCT touch coatings and sensors.. The technology is extremely fast and precise and, the best of all: we have not had any failures due to scratches, “Thanks to this durable and reliable technology that allows players to continue with their ritual”, adds Sánchez Ramírez.