An All-InkJet Printed Bending Actuator with Embedded Sensing Feature and an Electromagnetic Driving Mechanism
Department of Electric Electronic and Information Engineering (DIEEI), University of Catania, Catania 95125, Italy
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Actuators 2016, 5(3), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/act5030021
Received: 23 May 2016 / Revised: 6 July 2016 / Accepted: 18 July 2016 / Published: 22 July 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymeric Actuators)
Bending actuators are key elements in many application fields. This paper presents an InkJet Printed actuator embedding an electromagnetic driving mechanism and a resistive sensing strategy. The lateral actuation range of the device is in the order of few millimeters, while it can exert forces in the order up to 375 µN. A deep characterization of the device is presented which reveals good performance of the lab-scale prototype developed both in the static and dynamic regime. In particular, the responsivity is found to be a function of the magnetic field used to actuate the beam. Specifically, responsivities of 43.5 × 10−3 m/A, 28.3 × 10−3 m/A and 19.5 × 10−3 m/A have been estimated in the static condition in the case of magnetic fields of 98.8 mT, 70.6 mT and 37.1 mT, respectively, while at the resonance frequency of 4.1 Hz the responsivity is 51 × 10−3 m/A in case of a magnetic field of 37.1 mT.
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Keywords:
flexible actuators; inkjet printing; strain sensor; rapid prototyping; electromagnetic driving
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Andò, B.; Marletta, V. An All-InkJet Printed Bending Actuator with Embedded Sensing Feature and an Electromagnetic Driving Mechanism. Actuators 2016, 5, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/act5030021
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Andò B, Marletta V. An All-InkJet Printed Bending Actuator with Embedded Sensing Feature and an Electromagnetic Driving Mechanism. Actuators. 2016; 5(3):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/act5030021
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndò, Bruno; Marletta, Vincenzo. 2016. "An All-InkJet Printed Bending Actuator with Embedded Sensing Feature and an Electromagnetic Driving Mechanism" Actuators 5, no. 3: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/act5030021
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