Process for the production of an impact-resistant liquid crystal switching and display device

A process for producing a liquid crystal switching and display device which is shock-resistant and in which two connected support plates, at least one of which has an orientation layer, are provided with electrodes and at least one polarizer and a liquid-crystalline material is poured into the gap between the two support plates, wherein the liquid-crystalline material is a ferroelectric liquid crystal mixture containing at least one liquid-crystalline base component and furthermore at least one cryptand or coronand, which comprises applying a continuous periodic electric voltage to the electrodes of the switching and display device in the ferroelectric phase before startup, until the liquid crystal layer adopts a "bookshelf" or "quasi-bookshelf" orientation.