Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies

A novel material extrusion system powered by Concentrated Solar Energy (CSE) for functional small-scale applications is proposed. The open literature has reported that any other system employs CSE to heat the extruding needle directly, which is the main component and function of any material extrusi...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Jaramillo-Mora, Armando Rojas-Morín, Sergio Quezada-García, Gabriel Jaramillo-Soto, Adrián Espinosa-Bautista, Jesús Rafael Gonzalez-Parra, Yolanda Flores-Salgado, Arturo Barba-Pingarrón
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author Alejandro Jaramillo-Mora
Armando Rojas-Morín
Sergio Quezada-García
Gabriel Jaramillo-Soto
Adrián Espinosa-Bautista
Jesús Rafael Gonzalez-Parra
Yolanda Flores-Salgado
Arturo Barba-Pingarrón
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Armando Rojas-Morín
Sergio Quezada-García
Gabriel Jaramillo-Soto
Adrián Espinosa-Bautista
Jesús Rafael Gonzalez-Parra
Yolanda Flores-Salgado
Arturo Barba-Pingarrón
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description A novel material extrusion system powered by Concentrated Solar Energy (CSE) for functional small-scale applications is proposed. The open literature has reported that any other system employs CSE to heat the extruding needle directly, which is the main component and function of any material extrusion device and the one that allows the building of the desired product or prototype. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is selected as the depositing material that gives shape to the substrates sheltering electric traces, resulting in a printed circuit assembly (PCA). A set of 15 experiments with different shapes allows the compilation of enough data to identify the exposure time and the direct radiation received as the main variables for obtaining the needed temperature for converting the depositing material to its rubbery state. Examples of functional circuits obtained by this device are included, showing his capabilities and potential. This information and the help of simulations on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software allow finding an expression of the material temperature at the depositing needle's exit as a function of the abovementioned variables. The obtained function describes the experimental equipment's behavior and has an average relative error of 12.6 % compared with the measured material's temperature at the depositing needle's exit. This proposal is expected to summarize the evidence of the CSE's potential for powering some manufacturing systems to obtain consumer goods and that a melt casting system mainly powered by CSE will be plausible shortly.
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spelling doaj-art-9b3778fa892d4ece8a16794c5f342a962025-08-20T02:52:09ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302024-12-012410320410.1016/j.rineng.2024.103204Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assembliesAlejandro Jaramillo-Mora0Armando Rojas-Morín1Sergio Quezada-García2Gabriel Jaramillo-Soto3Adrián Espinosa-Bautista4Jesús Rafael Gonzalez-Parra5Yolanda Flores-Salgado6Arturo Barba-Pingarrón7Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, México; Corresponding author.Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoFacultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoDGTIC, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoFacultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, MéxicoA novel material extrusion system powered by Concentrated Solar Energy (CSE) for functional small-scale applications is proposed. The open literature has reported that any other system employs CSE to heat the extruding needle directly, which is the main component and function of any material extrusion device and the one that allows the building of the desired product or prototype. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is selected as the depositing material that gives shape to the substrates sheltering electric traces, resulting in a printed circuit assembly (PCA). A set of 15 experiments with different shapes allows the compilation of enough data to identify the exposure time and the direct radiation received as the main variables for obtaining the needed temperature for converting the depositing material to its rubbery state. Examples of functional circuits obtained by this device are included, showing his capabilities and potential. This information and the help of simulations on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software allow finding an expression of the material temperature at the depositing needle's exit as a function of the abovementioned variables. The obtained function describes the experimental equipment's behavior and has an average relative error of 12.6 % compared with the measured material's temperature at the depositing needle's exit. This proposal is expected to summarize the evidence of the CSE's potential for powering some manufacturing systems to obtain consumer goods and that a melt casting system mainly powered by CSE will be plausible shortly.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024014592Material extrusionPolycaprolactonePrinted circuit assembliesConcentrated solar energyFresnel lens solar concentrator
spellingShingle Alejandro Jaramillo-Mora
Armando Rojas-Morín
Sergio Quezada-García
Gabriel Jaramillo-Soto
Adrián Espinosa-Bautista
Jesús Rafael Gonzalez-Parra
Yolanda Flores-Salgado
Arturo Barba-Pingarrón
Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
Results in Engineering
Material extrusion
Polycaprolactone
Printed circuit assemblies
Concentrated solar energy
Fresnel lens solar concentrator
title Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
title_full Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
title_fullStr Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
title_full_unstemmed Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
title_short Development of a novel concentrated solar-powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
title_sort development of a novel concentrated solar powered material extrusion system for producing printed circuit assemblies
topic Material extrusion
Polycaprolactone
Printed circuit assemblies
Concentrated solar energy
Fresnel lens solar concentrator
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024014592
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