Engineers of KIT and Franz Binder GmbH Have Succeeded in Coating Curved Surfaces with Electroluminescent Layers
The new process developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in cooperation with the company of Franz Binder GmbH & Co. now allows for the direct printing of electroluminescent layers onto three-dimensional components.
The different components of the coating, including the electroluminescent and the electrically conductive materials, are applied from pad printing machine is equipped with an elastic rubber pad that is easily deformable and, hence, excellently suited for the coating of curved surfaces.
Homogeneity of the coating of about one tenth of a millimeter in thickness and by using various luminescent substances, various colors may be applied to the same surface.
The research and development project of KIT in cooperation with the Binder Connector Group, headquartered in the German town of Neckarsulm and was funded with EUR 125,000 by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Foundation for the Environment).
Click the following for more information:
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
- email Kosta Schinarakis at schinarakis@kit.edu
