3M Microtouch touch screen kit

LTG recently did a job that called for a 20” touch screen LCD and the timeline was about 1 month. Didn’t seem like a problem till we found out the 20” touch screen had an 8 week lead time. This is when we decided to investigate creating a touch screen ourselves using one of the 3M Microtouch touch screen kits.

Making your own touch screen using a 3M MlicroTouch kit was pretty straight forward once you figured out how to get the bezel apart.

We used:
Westinghouse L2046NV 20.1" LCD Monitor (Black)
This was very user friendly to get in and out of. I used a dermal tool on the plastic bezel to clear out some ribs so the touch screen USB Cable would fit as it had a large not on it. If you are not going to have this mounted in a cabinet I don’t recommend this monitor for a touch screen as the front and rear bezels could not quite seal. This was OK for us as a creative overlay would be masking the touch screen bezel anyway.

The tools we ended up using where a dremal tool, screw drivers, power drill and electrical tape. You will find an extensite list of tools that are recomented to have in the attached pdf file but the actual tools needed to build a touch screen will vary.




Download the guid from 3M that explains in detail how to instal your touch screen. DOWNLOAD HERE


Jumping in was a little hard to do at first but once I got the second LCD ripped apart in an attempt to install my touch screen kit I don’t think I would do it any other way.

Bottom Line about using the touch screen kit is:

• 20.1-inch Touch Screen LCD Monitor, Black, with Resistive Touch screen, USB Interface $1,599.00
• Westinghouse L2046NV 20.1" LCD Monitor (Black) $219.00
• 3M MicroTouch magic touch, touch screen kit $320.00