可塑化PVCゲルアクチュエータ製造のための印刷技術を適用したゲル薄膜形成自動化技術の開発

抄録

Plasticized poly vinyl chloride (PVC) gel which has a large deformation by applying a voltage and high driving stability in the atmosphere is considered as a promising material for a soft actuator. To fabricate a more flexible and high performance multilayered PVC gel actuator, in this study, we attempt to develop automation technology for fabricating thin film PVC gel used in multilayered PVC gel actuator based on digital 3D printing technology. We proposed automation system and examined to adjust amount of coating by control the condition of coating. Under the condition of 0.06 mg/shot of the amount of coated gel per shot, the average dot diameter of the point coated gel was about 0. 86 mm and the height was about 8 μm. It was expected that a gel thin film of about several μm can be automatically produced in an arbitrary shape by using the proposed system.