Design and fabrication of preshaped ionic polymer metal composite gripper by thermal treatment process

This article proposes a new method to fabricate the ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuator with a preshaped form by a simple thermal treatment process. The effects of the thermal treatment process on the properties of the actuator such as stiffness, displacement, resonance, and generating for...

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Published inPolymer engineering and science Vol. 52; no. 9; pp. 1991 - 1997
Main Authors Kim, Dong-Ik, Seo, Beom-Ho, Lee, Seung-Ki, Park, Jae-Hyoung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc 01.09.2012
Subjects
Actuators
Composition
Design and construction
Engineering design
Materials
Metallic composites
Methods
Polymeric composites
South Korea
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Summary:This article proposes a new method to fabricate the ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuator with a preshaped form by a simple thermal treatment process. The effects of the thermal treatment process on the properties of the actuator such as stiffness, displacement, resonance, and generating force are analyzed. To verify the effect of the thermal treatment process on the generation force of the actuator, the four-fingered gripper using the proposed method is designed, fabricated, and compared with an unheated actuator. Experimental results show that thermally treated IPMC actuators have an improved generating force compared with that of unheated actuators. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 52:1991-1997, 2012. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers
ISSN:0032-3888
1548-2634
DOI:10.1002/pen,23158