Mechanical Interlocking for Connecting Electrical Wires to Flexible, FDM, 3D-Printed Conductors

Alexander Dijkshoorn; Vinod Ravi; Patrick Neuvel; Stefano Stramigioli; Gijs Krijnen

doi:10.1109/FLEPS53764.2022.9781552

Mechanical Interlocking for Connecting Electrical Wires to Flexible, FDM, 3D-Printed Conductors

Alexander Dijkshoorn^*, Vinod Ravi, Patrick Neuvel, Stefano Stramigioli, Gijs Krijnen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper introduces mechanical interlocking for fabrication of electrical contacts in flexible 3D-prints by embed-ding perforated copper tape during printing. Tensile tests show the electrical and mechanical robustness of the contacts. The con-tact resistance varies with tensile load, however only accounts for a few percent of the sample resistance. This type of contact shows potential for application in flexible and stretchable, conductive objects, e.g. in soft robotics and biomedical applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-8360-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-4273-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS53764.2022.9781552
Publication status	Published - 10 Jun 2022
Event	2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS) - TU Wien, Vienna, Austria Duration: 10 Jul 2022 → 13 Jul 2022 https://2022.ieee-fleps.org/

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Conference	2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS)
Abbreviated title	FLEPS 2022
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	10/07/22 → 13/07/22
Internet address	https://2022.ieee-fleps.org/

Keywords

3D printing
Fused Deposition Modeling
electrical contact resistance
electrical connection
Mechanical interlocking
Flexible

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Dijkshoorn, A, Ravi, V, Neuvel, P, Stramigioli, S & Krijnen, G 2022, Mechanical Interlocking for Connecting Electrical Wires to Flexible, FDM, 3D-Printed Conductors. in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). IEEE, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), Vienna, Austria, 10/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS53764.2022.9781552

Mechanical Interlocking for Connecting Electrical Wires to Flexible, FDM, 3D-Printed Conductors. / Dijkshoorn, Alexander; Ravi, Vinod; Neuvel, Patrick; Stramigioli, Stefano ; Krijnen, Gijs.

2022 IEEE International Conference on Flexible, Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). IEEE, 2022.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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