Rugged Keyboards

In the modern demanding digital landscape, rugged keyboards play a crucial role across various industries, providing durable and reliable input devices that withstand harsh conditions. These high-quality keyboards are specifically designed for demanding environments and offer numerous benefits, including enhanced durability, reduced maintenance costs, and improved productivity. With leading manufacturers like iKey, Indukey, PrehKeyTec, and Rugged Limited catering to unique requirements, rugged keyboards continue to excel in sectors such as medical, military, aerospace, marine, smart factories, and oil and gas.

In the challenging arena of rugged system design, selecting high-quality, robust equipment is crucial. Among the integral components of these systems, keyboards play a vital role in data entry and user interaction. With a focus on innovation, iKey presents the iKey 5K-OEM-FSR and DU-5K-OEM-FSR models, designed to seamlessly integrate into industrial panels, portable rugged cases, and command and control systems across aerospace, marine, and military vehicle applications.

We take a look at the best Rugged keyboards for cold storage applications

Forklift trucks are the driving force behind effective warehouse logistics – and if you operate a forklift fleet, rugged onboard computers are an absolute necessity

When it comes to choosing a medical keyboard, it’s certainly not a matter of one size fits all. At Rugged, we stock a wide range of different medical keyboards, and while they all comply with the essentials – fully sealed, waterproof, robust and easily cleanable – there are different levels of functionality, different layouts and different materials to choose between.

This is a question we get asked a lot. People want to know which are the best programmable keyboards for use in industrial and challenging environments? Several factors are important in choosing programmable keyboards. Obviously, they need to offer a fully programmable layout, allowing for full customisation to suit users’ specific needs. Reliability is just as important – they must be fit for purpose and robust enough for the setting in which they’ll be used.

This new dual connectivity keyboard by iKey allows you to connect to your computer using either Bluetooth or USB. It’s slim, lightweight and rugged, while offering full functionality – making it the ideal keyboard for travel and fieldwork, as well for using within the office.

If you’re looking for the ideal keyboards for industrial applications, the iKey 5K series should be right at the top of your list. These are the No1 rugged keyboards for use in hazardous and harsh environments and they come with a range of specifications and functions to suit every requirement.

Data input specialist “PrehKeyTec” combines rugged simplicity with German engineering for medical applications – new to the PrehKeyTec range is the SIK2500 silicon medical keyboard, offering users a cleanable silicon surface with backlit keys, these illuminated keys offering much improved data entry in controlled and reduced lighting conditions.

Many Airline operators are now benefiting from the rugged performance of PrehKeyTec’s MCI 111A keyboard.