Archipelago HotDrop - A digital manufacturing platform for clean, high volume surface engineering and coating

HotDrop是一个广泛适用于清洁，大批量表面工程和涂层的数字制造平台。它可以实现非接触，按需滴注热熔材料，包括粘合剂。它将用于需要生产热熔材料图案层的数字制造应用。一个关键的强度是喷射粘性材料的能力，而不需要添加有害和昂贵的溶剂。它是清洁的，食品安全的，并且消除了与溶剂的添加，运输，去除和处置相关的能源。示例应用包括粘合剂的数字沉积，其中可以通过控制沉积在基材上的粘合剂点的数量密度来产生不同级别粘性的区域。HotDrop的其他应用包括为触觉包装添加盲点和抓地力，以及制造先进碳纤维复合材料的高度灵活的方法。

HotDrop is a broadly applicable digital manufacturing platform for clean, high volume surface engineering and coating. It enables non-contact, drop-on-demand deposition of hot melt materials including adhesives. It will be used in digital manufacturing applications where there is a need to produce patterned layers of hot melt materials. A key strength is the ability to jet viscous materials, without the need for the addition of harmful and costly solvents. It is clean, food-safe and eliminates the energy associated with the addition, transportation, removal and disposal of solvents.Example applications include the digital deposition of adhesives, where regions of different levels of stiction can be produced by controlling the number density of adhesive dots deposited on a substrate. Other HotDrop applications include adding braille dots and grip for tactile packaging, and highly flexible methods of manufacturing advanced carbon fibre composites.