Polymer Materials for Cost-efficient Manufacturing of Electrothermal Actuators
Conference: ACTUATOR 2018 - 16th International Conference on New Actuators
06/25/2018 - 06/27/2018 at Bremen, Deutschland
Proceedings: ACTUATOR 2018
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Nakic, C.; Stuckert, A.; Beyrich, T.; Oechsner, M.; Schlaak, H. F. (Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany)
Nickel, D. (Staatliche Studienakademie, Glauchau, Germany)
Abstract:
For performance optimization of electrothermal drives this work presents a detailed analysis and comparison of polymer foil materials. Suitable materials are characterized by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis and used for fabrication of electrothermal actuators. A comparison of material analysis, simulation data and characterization of fabricated actuators shows that polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and polyimide (PI) are suitable materials for fabrication of electrothermal actuators with cost-efficient mass-production methods used for fabrication of printed circuit boards (PCB).