Get, set, go for Electroactive Polymers

Webinar / September 18, 2024, 10:00 – 11:45 am

Get, set, go for Electroactive Polymers!

»EAP-Update-Session and Expert Dialogue«

Electroactive Polymers (EAPs), also known as 'artificial muscles,' have the potential to revolutionize a wide range of applications. Researchers worldwide have been optimizing the material for years in terms of its mechanical properties and increased durability. The development is increasingly moving towards commercialization.

What is the current state of research on EAPs?
How can the material be utilized in application areas such as soft robotics, medical technology, microsystems engineering, or for example, additive manufacturing?
What are some concrete examples of applications?

We cordially invite you to participate in this special EAP update session. Together with our Japanese research partner, the Nanomaterials Research Institute, Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, you will have the opportunity to engage in an open expert roundtable discussion following two exciting presentations with interesting application examples.

Subsequently, participants can each book one of 6 exclusive individual dialogue slots with the EAP experts.

Book your individual Expert-Dialogue-Slot

In a compact time frame of 30 minutes, individual application scenarios can be discussed with EAP experts from Fraunhofer IPA and the Nanomaterials Research Institute, Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in enclosed Expert Dialogue Slots. Industry cases, ideas, or concepts can be examined in more detail and an assessment towards commercialization provided. Additionally, further steps and formats for commercialization can be determined upon request.

Offered Time-Slots for individual Expert-Dialogues (booking via registration formular):

September 19, 2024:

09:00 – 09:30 am
10:00 – 10:30 am
11:00 – 11:30 am

September 20, 2024:

09:00 – 09:30 am
10:00 – 10:30 am
11:00 – 11:30 am

If you need another individuel Time-Slot, please contact us at event@ipa.fraunhofer.de

Target Group

Produkt Engineers effecting Soft Robotics, Medical Technology, Micro Electronic Systems, Additive Manufacturing and other applications

Event details

Costs

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Location

Microsoft-Teams

Date

September 18, 2024, 10:00 – 11:45 am

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Agenda

10:00 – 10:10 am
Welcome

10:10 – 10:20 am
Introduction to the EAP Update-Session

10:20 – 10:40 am Dipl. Ing. (FH) Ivica Kolarić, MBA, MBE
»EAP Actuators: State of the art and commercialization«

10:40 – 11:10 am Dr. Takushi Sugino & Dr. Hirosato Monobe
»Application trials of ionic EAP actuators and sensors«

11:10 – 11:30 am Dipl. Wirt. Ing. (FH) Carsten Glanz, MBE
»Economic and technical evaluation of concepts for the industrial production of electroactive polymer actuators«

11:30 – 11:45 am
Discussion

11:45 am
End of Session

Speaker

Technical Leader of the workshop:

Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Ivica Kolaric MBA, MBE
Head of department Functional Materials
Head of business unit Process Industry

Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart

Main research and work areas: Nanotechnology, Process Analysis & Engineering, Soft Robotics, Functional Materials, Electroactive Polymers, Nanocarbons, Dispersion Technology, Business Model Development, Open Innovation, Logistic Simulation

Further expert from Fraunhofer IPA

Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. (FH) Carsten Glanz, MBE
Head of the group Application Technology

Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Stuttgart

Main research and work areas: Multimaterial coatings through various coating processes, Roll-to-roll coatings, Printed electronics, Printed sensors, Printed actuators

Partners:

Dr. Hirosato Monobe
Leader, Hybrid Actuator Group

Nanomaterials Research Institute, Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Osaka

Dr. Takushi Sugino
Senior Researcher, Hybrid Actuator Group

Nanomaterials Research Institute, Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Osaka

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