Automated manufacturing process for DEAP stack-actuators

Dominik Tepel; Thorben Hoffstadt; Jürgen Maas

doi:10.1117/12.2045114

26 March 2014 Automated manufacturing process for DEAP stack-actuators

Dominik Tepel, Thorben Hoffstadt, Jürgen Maas

Proceedings Volume 9056, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2014; 905627 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045114
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Dielectric elastomers (DE) are thin polymer films belonging to the class of electroactive polymers (EAP), which are coated with compliant and conductive electrodes on each side. Due to the influence of an electrical field, dielectric elastomers perform a large amount of deformation. In this contribution a manufacturing process of automated fabricated stack-actuators based on dielectric electroactive polymers (DEAP) are presented. First of all the specific design of the considered stack-actuator is explained and afterwards the development, construction and realization of an automated manufacturing process is presented in detail. By applying this automated process, stack-actuators with reproducible and homogeneous properties can be manufactured. Finally, first DEAP actuator modules fabricated by the mentioned process are validated experimentally.

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Dominik Tepel, Thorben Hoffstadt, and Jürgen Maas "Automated manufacturing process for DEAP stack-actuators", Proc. SPIE 9056, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2014, 905627 (26 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045114

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