Casting Process and Performance Test for Stack Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

doi:10.3901/JME.2019.11.083

Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2019, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (11): 83-89.doi: 10.3901/JME.2019.11.083

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Casting Process and Performance Test for Stack Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

LI Zhuoyuan¹, DONG Pengfei¹, CHEN Hualing^1,2, SHENG Meiping³, WANG Minqing³

1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049;
2. State Key Laboratory for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049;
3. School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072

Received:2018-07-02 Revised:2018-12-13 Online:2019-06-05 Published:2019-06-05

Abstract

Abstract: With the development of robot technology, robots can adapt to the complex environment which will play a great role in high-end manufacturing, medical rehabilitation, defence and security, and other fields. In the study of robots' movement mechanism, actuators based on dielectric elastomers material showed a good environmental adaptability and good electromechanical properties. A novel fabrication process of stacked dielectric elastomer actuator (SDEA) is developed based on casting process and elastomeric electrode. The casting process ensures the consistency of every layers' thickness in SDEA. The static and dynamic test results indicates that so-fabricated SDEA benefits the advantages of homogenous properties as well as little performance degradation after one-year use.

Key words: casting process, dielectric elastomer, stack actuator

CLC Number:

TG156

LI Zhuoyuan, DONG Pengfei, CHEN Hualing, SHENG Meiping, WANG Minqing. Casting Process and Performance Test for Stack Dielectric Elastomer Actuators[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2019, 55(11): 83-89.

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