Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

Milan Saalmink

Jeroen Van Den Brand

Andreas Heinrich Dietzel

Sander Christiaan Broers

Edsger Constant Pieter Smits

Wilhelm A Groen

Cornelis Hermanus Arnoldus Rentrop

Andreas Tanda

Wilhelm Albert Groen

A printed temperature sensor () comprising a substrate () with an electrical circuit () comprising a pair of electrodes () separated by an electrode gap (G). A sensor material () is disposed between the electrodes () to fill the electrode gap (G), wherein the sensor material () comprises semi-conducting micro-particles () comprising an NTC material with a negative temperature coefficient (NTC), wherein the micro-particles () are mixed in a dielectric matrix () functioning as a binder for printing the sensor material (); wherein the micro-particles () contact each other to form an interconnected network through the dielectric matrix (), wherein the interconnected network of micro-particles () acts as a conductive pathway with negative temperature coefficient between the electrodes ().

Printed temperature sensor

The invention relates to an apparatus for laminating a first and a second sheet with a plane carrier () and a drum shaped carrier () for carrying a respective sheet. The apparatus has a first main operational mode wherein the drum shaped carrier () is at distance from a first carrier surface () of the plane carrier () in said third direction (Z), and a second main operational mode wherein the drum shaped carrier () is close to first carrier surface to bring the first and the second sheet () in contact with each other. In the first main operational mode the drum shaped carrier () is virtually rolled over the first carrier surface () and the sheets are mutually aligned. In the second operational mode the sheets are laminated.

Apparatus and method for laminating a first and a second sheet

An apparatus is provided for laminating a first and a second sheet () comprising&#x2014;a chamber () having a first, a second and a third compartment (resp.) subsequently arranged along a first axis (Z), each compartment having a port (resp.)&#x2014;a first sheet carrier () arranged transverse to said first axis (Z) and being displaceable along said first axis (Z),&#x2014;a second sheet carrier () arranged in a plane aligned with and opposite the first sheet carrier (), the second sheet carrier being displaceable and/or rotatable in said plane,&#x2014;a first flexible membrane () extending laterally to a wall of the chamber, the first sheet carrier () and/or the first flexible membrane () separating the first and the second compartment () of the chamber () from each other,&#x2014;a second flexible membrane () extending laterally from the second sheet carrier () to the wall of the chamber, the second sheet carrier () and the second flexible membrane () separating the second and the third compartment () of the chamber () from each other,&#x2014;an alignment facility () for aligning the second sheet () relative to the first sheet () by moving the second sheet carrier () in a direction transverse to the first axis (Z) and/or rotating the second sheet carrier around an axis parallel to the first axis (Z).

Method and apparatus for laminating a first and a second sheet

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Veldhoven, Netherlands

Milan Saalmink