Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technology, which permits to separate the product geometrical complexity from the associated manufacturing cost. Thus, the use of AM can lead to new design strategies and possibilities previously not feasible with traditional manufacturing processes such as the possibility to easily embed electronic within structural elements. The possibility to build mechanical components with embedded electronics and integrated sensors using the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology without the intervention of any other manufacturing machine is studied. Specifically, the capacitive and resistive capabilities of a conductive thermoplastic filament are studied and implemented as sensor, while a methodology for the inclusion of electronic components in the manufacturing process is presented and discussed.

A Fused Filament Additive Fabrication Procedure for Smart Components with Embedded Electronics / Graterol Nisi, G.; Eugeni, M.; Atek, S.; Lampani, L.; Gaudenzi, P.. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno ICAST2017: 28th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies tenutosi a Cracovia).

A Fused Filament Additive Fabrication Procedure for Smart Components with Embedded Electronics

M. Eugeni;S. Atek;L. Lampani;P. Gaudenzi
2017

Abstract

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a technology, which permits to separate the product geometrical complexity from the associated manufacturing cost. Thus, the use of AM can lead to new design strategies and possibilities previously not feasible with traditional manufacturing processes such as the possibility to easily embed electronic within structural elements. The possibility to build mechanical components with embedded electronics and integrated sensors using the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology without the intervention of any other manufacturing machine is studied. Specifically, the capacitive and resistive capabilities of a conductive thermoplastic filament are studied and implemented as sensor, while a methodology for the inclusion of electronic components in the manufacturing process is presented and discussed.
2017
ICAST2017: 28th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies
fused filament fabrication; smart components; embedded electronics; additive manufacturing; capacitive sensors.
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A Fused Filament Additive Fabrication Procedure for Smart Components with Embedded Electronics / Graterol Nisi, G.; Eugeni, M.; Atek, S.; Lampani, L.; Gaudenzi, P.. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno ICAST2017: 28th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies tenutosi a Cracovia).
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