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

HotDrop是一个广泛适用的数字化制造平台，用于清洁、大批量的表面工程和涂层。它实现了包括粘合剂在内的热熔体材料的非接触式、按需滴状沉积。它将用于数字制造应用，其中需要生产热熔体材料的图案层。一个关键的优点是能够喷射粘性材料，而不需要添加有害和昂贵的溶剂。它是清洁、食品安全的，并消除了与添加、运输、移除和处置溶剂相关的能量。例如，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点的数量密度来产生不同程度的粘连区域。HotDrop的其他应用包括添加盲文点和手柄以实现触觉包装，以及高度灵活的制造先进碳纤维复合材料的方法。

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.