A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship
This work concerns the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel air-flow sensor employing exclusively additive manufacturing that can be fabricated on-site, aboard a ship, or in a similarly remote area, without relying on external manufacturing facilities. The developed device’s principle of oper...
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| author | Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis Ioannis Matsoukas Grigoris Kaltsas Aggelos Pilatis |
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| description | This work concerns the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel air-flow sensor employing exclusively additive manufacturing that can be fabricated on-site, aboard a ship, or in a similarly remote area, without relying on external manufacturing facilities. The developed device’s principle of operation is based on vortex shedding; its novelty focuses on employing solely additive manufacturing technology, for the manufacturing—in a single process step—of all the sensor’s main elements. In more detail, the required flow-shaping housing, the appropriate piezoresistive sensing element, and the electrical interconnection pads are all constructed in a single process step, through standard Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D technology. Direct communication to the necessary readout circuitry can be easily achieved through standard soldering utilizing the integrated contact pads of the sensor. The prototype was preliminary characterized, validating its proper functionality. Key features of the proposed device are low cost, fast on-site manufacturing of the entire measuring device, robustness, and simplicity, suggesting numerous potential applications in the shipbuilding industry and other industrial sectors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c08a684f67141209f849109acae4c1f2023-11-19T18:03:34ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-10-012320848110.3390/s23208481A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a ShipDimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis0Ioannis Matsoukas1Grigoris Kaltsas2Aggelos Pilatis3Naval Architecture Department, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, GreeceNaval Architecture Department, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, GreecemicroSENSES Laboratory, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, GreeceNaval Architecture Department, University of West Attica, 12243 Athens, GreeceThis work concerns the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel air-flow sensor employing exclusively additive manufacturing that can be fabricated on-site, aboard a ship, or in a similarly remote area, without relying on external manufacturing facilities. The developed device’s principle of operation is based on vortex shedding; its novelty focuses on employing solely additive manufacturing technology, for the manufacturing—in a single process step—of all the sensor’s main elements. In more detail, the required flow-shaping housing, the appropriate piezoresistive sensing element, and the electrical interconnection pads are all constructed in a single process step, through standard Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D technology. Direct communication to the necessary readout circuitry can be easily achieved through standard soldering utilizing the integrated contact pads of the sensor. The prototype was preliminary characterized, validating its proper functionality. Key features of the proposed device are low cost, fast on-site manufacturing of the entire measuring device, robustness, and simplicity, suggesting numerous potential applications in the shipbuilding industry and other industrial sectors.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/20/8481additive manufacturing3D printing4D printingFDM technologysensorsspare parts |
| spellingShingle | Dimitrios-Nikolaos Pagonis Ioannis Matsoukas Grigoris Kaltsas Aggelos Pilatis A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship Sensors additive manufacturing 3D printing 4D printing FDM technology sensors spare parts |
| title | A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship |
| title_full | A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship |
| title_fullStr | A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship |
| title_short | A Flow Sensing Device Formed Exclusively by Employing Additive Manufacturing for On-Site Fabrication Aboard a Ship |
| title_sort | flow sensing device formed exclusively by employing additive manufacturing for on site fabrication aboard a ship |
| topic | additive manufacturing 3D printing 4D printing FDM technology sensors spare parts |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/20/8481 |
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