Conductive lithographic film fabricated resistive strain gauges

Author

Hay, Gareth I. ; Evans, Peter S A ; Harrison, David J. ; Southee, Darren ; Simpson, George ; Harrey, Paul M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Design, Brunei Univ., Surrey, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

22-24 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

248

Abstract

This paper reports progress in sensor fabrication by the conductive lithographic film (CLF) printing process. Work describing strain sensitive structures manufactured using a modified printing process and conductive inks are addressed. The performance of a ´single ink´ strain sensitive structure when printed on six alternative polymer substrates (GlossArt, PolyArt, Teslin, Mylar C, Mylar and Kapton) is analysed. Though not intending to compete with conventional gauges in high tolerance measurement, the structures exhibit properties that indicate suitability for novel applications.

Keywords

lithography; printing; sensitivity; strain gauges; GlossArt; Kapton; Mylar C; PolyArt; Teslin; conductive inks; conductive lithographic film; offset lithography; polymer substrates; printed sensors; printed strain gauges; printing process; resistive strain gauges; sensor fabrication; single ink strain sensitive structure; strain sensitive structures; Capacitive sensors; Conductive films; Fabrication; Ink; Manufacturing processes; Performance analysis; Polymers; Printing; Substrates; Terminology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors, 2003. Proceedings of IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8133-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1278937

Filename

1278937