Quality analysis of material jetted silicone material for soft robotics application

verfasst von

Sudhanshu Gangwar, Prateek Saxena, Ditzia Susana Garcia Morales, Tobias Biermann, Roland Lachmayer

Abstract

Silicone and silicone-based elastomers find their applications in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and soft robotics. Mechanical properties of such materials upon processing them with additive manufacturing are challenging and need significant improvement for enhanced performance in biomedical applications. With extrusion-based additive manufacturing, there is an inherent porosity inside the printed volume which negatively influences the quality and mechanical properties of printed parts. In this study, material jetting a drop-on-demand additive manufacturing technique is used to 3D print silicone samples of shore hardness 60A. These samples are analysed for tensile strength, surface roughness, porosity, and pores characterization for assessing the quality and performance of silicone 60A and the results suggest that silicone 60A material used in material jetting printing process is a potential material for low force application in soft robotics.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Montagetechnik und Industrierobotik
Institut für Produktentwicklung und Gerätebau
PhoenixD: Simulation, Fabrikation und Anwendung optischer Systeme

Externe Organisation(en)

Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (IITMandi)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Materials letters

Band

355

Anzahl der Seiten

4

ISSN

0167-577X

Publikationsdatum

15.01.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Werkstoffwissenschaften (insg.), Physik der kondensierten Materie, Werkstoffmechanik, Maschinenbau

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2023.135566 (Zugang: Geschlossen)