A Precise Position Measurement System of Roll-to-Roll Printing Using Burst Alignment Patterns

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taehyeong Kim ◽  
Dongho Oh ◽  
Youngjin Kim ◽  
Jihyeon Kim ◽  
Byeongcheol Lee
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Measurement Range ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Position Measurement ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
Precise Position ◽  
Roll To Roll

Printed electronics is a next-generation process technology that is suitable for high speed and high volume production and can make electronic devices and circuits on flexible materials. To commercialize printed electronics, it is necessary to improve the alignment precision of printing. In order to improve the alignment precision of the roll-to-roll process, accurate measurement of the web position is required. Therefore, in the previous research of this paper, we proposed a measurement system of the moving direction and the lateral movement using an encoder. However, in the previous study, the direction of error control had to be set according to the measurement position of the encoder, and the measurement range was so narrow. In this paper, we propose a measurement system that can detect the direction of error and increase the effective measurement range using the burst alignment pattern that generates the burst signal. Applying it to roll-to-roll printing position measurement systems, measurements can be performed with greatly improved efficiency and measurement range.

A precise position measurement system of roll-to-roll printing using burst alignment patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-238
Author(s):  
Taehyeong Kim ◽  
Youngjin Kim ◽  
Jihyeon Kim ◽  
Byeongcheol Lee ◽  
Jimin Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Position Measurement ◽  
Precise Position ◽  
Roll To Roll

scholarly journals Development of a full roll-to-roll manufacturing process of through-substrate vias with stretchable substrates enabling double-sided wearable electronics

2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3017-3027
Author(s):  
E. Jansson ◽  
A. Korhonen ◽  
M. Hietala ◽  
T. Kololuoma
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Screen Printing ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Stretchable Electronics ◽  
Wearable Electronics ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Unit Costs ◽  
Via Holes

AbstractIn the recent years, there has been a growing interest towards printed stretchable electronics used in diagnostics, health-monitoring, and wearable applications. Double-sided electronic circuits with through-substrate vias offer a solution where the amount of printed circuitry and assembled SMDs (surface-mount devices) in direct contact with the human skin can be minimized. This improves not only the wearability and cost-effectiveness of the printed electronic devices but also the product safety and comfort to wear. Another factor decreasing the unit costs in printed electronics is the use of high volume, high speed, and continuous roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing processes. In this current paper, a full R2R process for the manufacturing of through-substrate vias on stretchable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) substrate was developed and verified. The through-substrate via-holes were manufactured in R2R using either laser-cutting or die-cutting. Rotary screen printing was used to print conductive tracks onto both sides of the stretchable substrate and to fill the via-holes. Eventually, conductive and stretchable through-substrate vias with low sheet resistance and low resistance deviation were reliably achieved with the developed process.

Register control of roll-to-roll gravure-offset printing equipment considering time difference between measurement and actuation

2012 ◽  
Vol 226 (11) ◽  
pp. 2726-2738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung Hwan Kim ◽  
Ha-Il You ◽  
Seung-Hyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Position Control ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Time Difference ◽  
Offset Printing ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
The Web

The manufacture of printed electronics by roll-to-roll printing machine requires more accurate register performance than conventional media printing technology. Moreover, high drying temperature and long drying time to sinter the inks can induce the substantial changes in the length of the substrate and consequently register errors. Among the roll-to-roll printing methods, the gravure one, despite its relatively fast productivity and fine-line printing capacity, has difficulty in achieving the required register specifications for printed electronics because of the dependence of the register control on web dynamics. This study proposes a roll-to-roll gravure-offset printing equipment, including the register measurement system designed to enhance register performance and the related register control method for the application of printed electronics. Each cylinder constituting the printing unit is driven independently by an individual servomotor. Moreover, the printing patterns of the plate cylinder can move in the axial direction by position control, as well as in the web transport direction by a phase shift of the plate cylinder, without affecting the dynamics of the web. The time difference between the measurement and the actual control action is considered and modeled. The register measurement system, including selections of sensors and marks is also proposed to consider the effect of the time difference. The simulation results and the experiments of the register control are shown to verify the effect of the time difference on the control performances. It is found that a proper estimation of time difference should be obtained in order to guarantee more accurate and stable control performances.

An Investigation onto Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Printing Plate of Multiple Functional Solid Line by Flexographic

2013 ◽  
Vol 844 ◽  
pp. 158-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.I. Maksud ◽  
Mohd Sallehuddin Yusof ◽  
M. Mahadi Abdul Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Line Width ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Printed Electronics ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Flexible Substrates ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Printing Plate ◽  
Roll To Roll ◽  
Printing Processes

Recently low cost production is vital to produce printed electronics by roll to roll manufacturing printing process like a flexographic. Flexographic has a high speed technique which commonly used for printing onto large area flexible substrates. However, the minimum feature sizes achieved with roll to roll printing processes, such as flexographic is in the range of fifty microns. The main contribution of this limitation is photopolymer flexographic plate unable to be produced finer micron range due to film that made by Laser Ablation Mask (LAMs) technology not sufficiently robust and consequently at micron ranges line will not be formed on the printing plate. Hence, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is used instead of photopolymer. Printing trial had been conducted and multiple solid lines successfully printed for below fifty microns line width with no interference between two adjacent lines of the printed images.

Study on Doppler Velocity Measurement System

2012 ◽  
Vol 562-564 ◽  
pp. 1240-1243
Author(s):  
Jian Chao Li ◽  
Jun Hong Su ◽  
Ming Gao
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Velocity Measurement ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Measurement Range ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
Laser Doppler ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Dual Frequency ◽  
Frequency Laser

In order to satisfy the high accuracy velocity measurement requirement, using the improved dual-frequency laser Doppler velocity measurement principle, designed a set of laser Doppler velocity measurement system. System consists of two parts: optical system and signal acquisition and processing system. Through the establishment of dual-frequency laser Doppler velocity measurement experimental platform for testing, the result shows that the method can be carried on the high accuracy velocity measurement which in high speed move object. Measurement range from 0.1 m/s to 50 m/s, the error is less than 2 percent and it could increase the speed measurement range.

scholarly journals An Optical Fiber Measurement System for Blade Tip Clearance of Engine

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia Binghui ◽  
He Lei
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Measurement Range ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Blade Tip ◽  
Optical Fiber Measurement ◽  
Blade Tip Clearance

The benefits of reducing the tip clearance have been receiving many scholars’ attention all the time, which bring turbine efficiency increasing, emissions reduction, payloads increasing, and mission range abilities extension. In order to gain the blade tip clearance dynamically, a prototype optical fiber measurement system was built and tested based on the rotor test rig. The optical fiber tip clearance measurement system consists of the reflective intensity-modulated optical fiber bundle (sensor), main signal processing unit, high-speed data acquisition card, and a computer. The static performance and dynamic performance experiments were conducted to verify the performance of the system we designed. In addition, the results show that the accuracy of the system is 25 μm or better; the stability of the measurement system was evaluated in room temperature. The clearance measurement range is about 5 mm, and sensitivity of the sensor is 0.0733/mm. Furthermore, the typical tip clearance dynamic measurement experiment results show that the system has good dynamic response characteristics as well. The system will provide a new tool for engine health monitoring or fast active tip clearance control.

scholarly journals Measuring Physical Load in Soccer: Strengths and Limitations of 3 Different Methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-634
Author(s):  
Karin Fischer-Sonderegger ◽  
Wolfgang Taube ◽  
Martin Rumo ◽  
Markus Tschopp
Keyword(s):  
Measurement System ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Absolute Threshold ◽  
Physical Load ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Position Measurement ◽  
Running Speed ◽  
Discriminative Ability ◽  
Speed Effect

Purpose: To investigate the strengths and limitations of different indicators to measure physical load. Furthermore, indicators were evaluated for discrimination between performance levels and playing positions. Methods: Ninety positional match files from 70 elite players and 91 match files from 69 subelite players were collected during 14 official under-18 matches using a local position measurement system. Indicators are calculated from speed, absolute acceleration (acc-abs), or percentage acceleration (acc-%). The acc-% describes the level of acceleration depending on the maximal voluntary acceleration (amax) for each initial running speed. Effect sizes (ES) were used to determine discriminative ability. Results: The number of high accelerations largely depended on the method (absolute threshold [>3 m·s−2 and >4 m·s−2] 120 and 59 efforts; high percentage threshold [>75% amax] 84 efforts). Only a small number of highly accelerated efforts reached speeds considered high-speed running (>19.8 km·h−1: 32.6%). More high acc-% exists from initial running speed >2 m·s−1 (23.0) compared with acc-abs (>3 m·s−2 14.4, >4 m·s−2 5.9). Elite players achieve higher values in most performance indicators, with ES being highest for the number of high acc-% (ES = 0.91) and high acc-abs (>3 m·s−2 ES = 0.86, >4 m·s−2 ES = 0.87), as well as for covered distance in jogging (ES = 0.94). Conclusions: Estimated physical load, discriminative ability of physical indicators, and positional requirements largely depend on the applied method. A combination of speed-based and acc-% methods is recommended to get a comprehensive view.

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