Development of a hybrid microsystem for acquisition of sterilization cycles
Conference: MikroSystemTechnik Kongress 2021 - Kongress
11/08/2021 - 11/10/2021 at Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg, Deutschland
Proceedings: MikroSystemTechnik Kongress 2021
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Hoffmann, Daniel; Trautner, Heiko; Spieth, Sven; Herrlich, Simon (Hahn-Schickard, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany)
Pagel, Kenny (Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen und Umformtechnik, Dresden, Germany)
Dehe, Alfons (Hahn-Schickard, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany & Georg H. Endress Professor for Smart Systems Integration, University of Freiburg, Germany)
Abstract:
In this paper we present a hybrid microsystem for acquisition and counting of sterilisation cycles. The device includes a micromechanical counter mechanism and a thermal actuator based on a shape memory alloy (SMA). The device is designed to count 100 sterilization cycles. The basic functionality is investigated on a hotplate using a thermal temperature profile with a peak temperature of 135 °C. In this manner, counting of thermal cycles is demonstrated.