PMID- 36772310
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230213
LR  - 20230214
IS  - 1424-8220 (Electronic)
IS  - 1424-8220 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 3
DP  - 2023 Jan 22
TI  - Design of Laboratory Stand for Displacement Measurement of IPMC Actuators.
LID - 10.3390/s23031271 [doi]
LID - 1271
AB  - The polymer technology based on Electroactive polymers and metal composite ionic 
      polymer has great potential and advantages in many engineering fields. In this 
      paper, a laboratory stand for testing Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMC) is 
      presented. The laboratory station includes a power supply system and a measuring 
      system for the displacement of IPMC composites. Tests and measurements are 
      carried out using a laser transducer and a camera equipped with image analysis 
      software to determine the IPMC strips displacement. The experimental 
      investigation of IPMCs under different voltage supplies and waveforms, 
      environmental working humidity conditions, temperature, and loading conditions 
      has proved the significant influence of geometric dimension and the effect of 
      increased stress on the displacement value. For materials powered by a higher 
      voltage value, an increased deflection value was noted. In case of displacement, 
      longer is the sample, higher is the displacement value. The length of the sample 
      under load, affects adversely its performance, resulting in an increase in the 
      load on the sample. For samples of a thick size, a more stable movement with and 
      without load can be noticed.
FAU - Koslik, Karina
AU  - Koslik K
AD  - Department of Mechatronics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2A, 
      44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
FAU - Kowol, Pawel
AU  - Kowol P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5855-7763
AD  - Department of Mechatronics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2A, 
      44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
FAU - Brociek, Rafal
AU  - Brociek R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7255-6951
AD  - Department of Mathematics Applications and Methods for Artificial Intelligence, 
      Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 
      Gliwice, Poland.
FAU - Wajda, Agata
AU  - Wajda A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1667-3328
AD  - Institute of Energy and Fuel Processing Technology, Zamkowa 1, 41-803 Zabrze, 
      Poland.
FAU - Lo Sciuto, Grazia
AU  - Lo Sciuto G
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9384-7232
AD  - Department of Mechatronics, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2A, 
      44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
AD  - Department of Electrical, Electronics and Informatics Engineering, University of 
      Catania, Viale Andrea Doria, 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230122
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sensors (Basel)
JT  - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101204366
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC9919193
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - displacement measurement
OT  - electrical characterization
OT  - ionic electroactive polymers
OT  - thermal camera
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/02/12 06:00
MHDA- 2023/02/12 06:01
PMCR- 2023/01/22
CRDT- 2023/02/11 01:43
PHST- 2022/11/08 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/12/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/01/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/02/11 01:43 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/02/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/02/12 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2023/01/22 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - s23031271 [pii]
AID - sensors-23-01271 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/s23031271 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sensors (Basel). 2023 Jan 22;23(3):1271. doi: 10.3390/s23031271.