Industry Application
Outdoor Rated Keypads and Pin Pads for Petrol Filling Machines
A fuel dispenser keypad lives in the worst combination of conditions an input device can face: fuel vapour and spillage, wind-driven rain, strong daylight glare and constant public use.
A fuel dispenser keypad lives in the worst combination of conditions an input device can face: fuel vapour and spillage, wind-driven rain, strong daylight glare and constant public use. KEYU supplies petrol filling machine builders with panel-mount metal keypads, side keypads, backlit keyboards, numeric keypads with LCM and encrypting pin pads, along with waterproof solutions intended for outdoor application. The tooling, sheet-metal work and assembly all happen inside our own factory, which is why we can build to a dispenser maker's drawing instead of a catalogue footprint.
What Goes Wrong On Site
- Hydrocarbon splash and cleaning chemicals attack plastic key surfaces and printed legends until digits become unreadable
- Pay-at-pump forces card and PIN handling into an open forecourt, where the pin pad has to stand up to tampering attempts
- Sunlight on an unshaded forecourt washes out low-contrast keys, and the same unit still has to be readable at night
- Water ingress through the keypad bezel reaches the dispenser electronics and takes a whole pump position out of service
- Dispenser panels are tightly packed around the display and card reader, leaving very little depth or width for the input device
What Buyers In This Sector Need
- A stainless steel front face that tolerates fuel contact, cleaning and continuous outdoor exposure without surface breakdown
- IP-rated sealing at the panel interface so the dispenser enclosure stays dry in driving rain and washdown
- An encrypting pin pad where the dispenser takes cards, keeping the PIN protected from entry onward
- Backlit, high-contrast legends that work in direct sun and after dark without changing the hardware
Typical Installations
- Pay-at-pump modules on the dispenser face where a card reader and encrypting pin pad sit together in one panel
- Attendant-side keypads on the dispenser for grade selection, preset volume and shift entry
- Numeric keypads with LCM where a small display and the keys are supplied as one sealed sub-assembly
- Side keypads on narrow dispenser columns and on outdoor payment terminals set beside the pump island
- Forecourt kiosk and price-sign controllers that need the same sealed metal input as the dispensers themselves
- Replacement of a corroded keypad on an installed dispenser fleet, matching the original opening and connector
How A Project Runs
Step
Share the dispenser panel drawing, the available depth behind the face and the controller interface you use
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We propose a keypad or pin pad type against those constraints and note which sealing option suits the mounting
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Mechanical drawings and a 3D model come back for your review, covering plate outline, fixings, key pitch and cable routing
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A sample is manufactured on our in-house CNC and sheet-metal line so your team can fit it into a real dispenser panel
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After sample approval we tool up and run production with sheet-metal processing under our ISO 9001:2015 quality management system
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Approved files are archived so later batches and field spares are identical to the first shipment
Products Used In This Sector
KY3688H Metal EPP PCI 5.0 Encrypting Pin Pad
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KY3688L PCI 5.X Certified Side Keypad Encrypting Pin Pad
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KY3688C Metal PCI EPP With PCI 3.0 Certification
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KY2145A IP65 Metal Encrypting PIN Pad
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KY3088C 16 Keys Encrypting Metal Keypad
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KY3088X Encrypting Pin Pad With Raised 1.5 mm Keys
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12 Key Industrial Backlight USB Keypad KY2068A-LED
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12 Key Industrial Numeric USB Keypad KY2073C-USB
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What We Deliver
- ODM builds designed around your dispenser panel, and OEM supply of our existing keypad and pin pad platforms
- Waterproof configurations intended for outdoor application, with the IP65, IP66 or IP67 option confirmed against the mounting
- Approvals available across our range include CE, RoHS, FCC, EMC, IK07 and BIS, confirmed model by model
- Shipment to forecourt equipment makers in Europe, North America, South America, Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Petrol Filling Stations Questions
Are your keypads suitable for mounting on the face of a fuel dispenser?
That is one of the applications the panel-mount metal range is built for. The stainless front plate handles forecourt exposure and cleaning, and the sealing is taken at the panel interface so the dispenser interior stays protected.
Do you offer a waterproof option specifically for outdoor units?
Yes, waterproof solutions for outdoor application are part of our standard offering, with IP65, IP66 and IP67 among the ratings named for our products. Which one applies depends on the model and how it is mounted, so we confirm it during drawing review.
Can the pin pad and the display be supplied as one unit?
We build numeric keypads with LCM, where the display window and the keys form a single sealed assembly. This removes one joint from the panel and simplifies the mechanical fit inside a crowded dispenser face.
What do you need from us to start a custom design?
A panel drawing or a physical sample, the key layout you want, the interface your controller expects and the depth available behind the face. From there our engineers produce drawings for approval before tooling.
How long have you been manufacturing this type of input device?
Shenzhen KEYU Co., Ltd was founded in 1995 and manufactures industrial metal keyboards, keypads, trackballs, touchpads and pin pads. Production runs in our own 4,500 square metre factory with CNC and sheet-metal equipment on site.
Specifying Input Devices For Petrol Filling Stations
Send the panel cutout, the interface your controller expects and the environment the terminal sits in.