I-Corps: Centrifugal Adhesion Balance

I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将来自于一种准确量化附着力测量的附着力测量仪器。目前，粘附力主要是定性测量。该仪器可能进入市场将改变产品质量和开发依赖精确附着力的新产品所需的时间。在汽车、航空航天、化工、石油、环境和医疗领域有许多潜在的应用领域。使用隐形眼镜对眼睛的刺激主要是由于隐形眼镜与泪滴之间的附着力差。该仪器可以帮助隐形眼镜行业开发出对泪滴附着力更好的隐形眼镜，从而减少对眼睛的刺激，延长舒适的佩戴时间。该仪器的成功实施将使行业加快新产品的开发，并通过减少或消除开发错误建立更可靠的流程。这个I-Corps项目将为不同应用领域的客户群体确定一种新型黏附测量技术的关键价值主张。将调查与该技术一致的一般领域内的关键战略合作伙伴和主要竞争对手。这个项目的智力价值在于将获得关于产品开发需要的附着力测量的新知识，这将使开发依赖于精确附着力的更复杂的产品成为可能。离心粘着平衡（CAB）仪器将潜在地将粘着测量方法从定性估计升级到精确的可量化值。这种直接测量附着力是通过使用离心力和重力的组合来实现的。这种组合使CAB能够产生和测量液体从固体分离所需的力。操纵作用在液滴上的力以获得粘附力的精确测量的能力使CAB成为工业研究和产品开发的潜在理想工具。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project will derive from an adhesion measuring instrument that accurately quantifies adhesion measurements. Currently, adhesion forces are largely measured qualitatively. The potential introduction of the instrument into the market will make changes in products quality and the time it takes to develop new products that rely on precise adhesion forces. There are a multitude of potential application areas in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, petroleum, environmental, and medical fields. The irritation of eyes due to the usage of contact lens happens mainly because of the poor adhesion between the lens and the tear drop. The instrument can help the contact lens industry develop contact lenses with better adhesion to the tear drop and therefore reduce the irritation to the eye and prolongs comfortable wear time. Successful implementation of the instrument will enable the industry speed up the development of new products, and build more reliable processes by reducing or eliminating development errors.This I-Corps project will identify the key value propositions of a novel adhesion measuring technology for customer segments across several application areas. Key strategic partners and major competitors within the general areas that align with this technology will be investigated. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the new knowledge that will be obtained regarding product development needs for adhesion measurements that will enable development of more sophisticated products that rely on precise adhesion forces. The centrifugal adhesion balance (CAB) instrument will potentially upgrade the adhesion measuring approaches from qualitative estimates to exact quantifiable values. This direct measurement of the adhesion is achieved by using a combination of centrifugal and gravitational forces. This combination allows the CAB to produce and measure forces needed for the liquid to detach from the solid. The ability to manipulate forces acting on a liquid drop to obtain accurate measurements of adhesion forces makes CAB a potentially desirable tool for industrial research and product development.