Archipelago HotDrop - A digital manufacturing platform for clean, high volume surface engineering and coating

Archipelago HotDrop - 用于清洁、大批量表面工程和涂层的数字制造平台

• 批准号: 132370
• 金额: $ 10.08万
• 依托单位: ARCHIPELAGO TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=132370
• 关键词: Archipelago; HotDrop; digital; manufacturing; platform

HotDrop is a broadly applicable digital manufacturing platform for clean, high volume surface engineering and coating. It enables non-contact, drop-on-demand deposition of hot melt materials including adhesives. It will be used in digital manufacturing applications where there is a need to produce patterned layers of hot melt materials. A key strength is the ability to jet viscous materials, without the need for the addition of harmful and costly solvents. It is clean, food-safe and eliminates the energy associated with the addition, transportation, removal and disposal of solvents.Example applications include the digital deposition of adhesives, where regions of different levels of stiction can be produced by controlling the number density of adhesive dots deposited on a substrate. Other HotDrop applications include adding braille dots and grip for tactile packaging, and highly flexible methods of manufacturing advanced carbon fibre composites.

Hotdrop是一个广泛适用的数字制造平台，用于清洁，大容量的表面工程和涂料。它可以使热熔体材料（包括粘合剂）的非接触式，按需沉积。它将用于数字制造应用中，需要生产模式的热融化材料。一个关键的优势是能够喷射粘性材料，而无需添加有害和昂贵的溶剂。它是干净，安全的，并消除了与溶剂的添加，运输，去除和处置相关的能量。示例应用包括粘合剂的数字沉积，其中可以通过控制沉积在底物上的粘合点的数量密度来产生不同水平的陈述区域。其他Hotdrop应用程序包括添加盲文点和用于触觉包装的握把，以及制造高级碳纤维复合材料的高度灵活方法。