DescriptionDesign and optimize turnkey coating devices for wet silver coating and metal evaporation coating. We need these processes and devices for our own prototyping and manufacturing. We also consider offering coating services and sell coating devices to generate revenue for SENSORICA members.
This process/device is capable of coating the cross section (tip) of single [optical] fibers. The device itself is very low cost, the process takes only minutes, perfect for prototyping and manufacturing.
Applications - Most of our optical fiber displacement/force transducer need metal coating.
Short-term goals- Finish proof-of-concept experiments for single optical fiber evaporation coating. NOT STARTED
- Finish proof-of-concept experiments for silver coating of a single optical fiber in a drop (wet coating in the drop). See ongoing research DONE!
- Launch the crowdfunding campaign (members only) to fund further R&D and product design. STARTING...
Long-term goals- Build two turnkey coating devices, one for wet silver coating and one for metal evaporation coating. under way...
- Set up optical fiber coating services.
- Setup optical fiber coating device manufacturing and distribution. .
Milestones- Launch the crowdfunding campaign (members only) to fund further R&D and product design.
- Build a wet silver coating AND metal evaporation device prototype.
- Design a turnkey wet silver coating AND metal evaporation device and its associated manufacturing process.
- Find a manufacturer.
- Setup a coating facility and the coating service on our website.
- Market the wet silver coating AND metal evaporation services and devices.
Participants[This list will be replaced with a UI/script which will automatically pull info from the activity log, and display members involved and their relative contribution. See infrastructure activity cluster for more on infrastructure development.]
IncentivesFor SENSORICA members:
For partners contributing to the crowdfunding campaign or contributing elsewhere:
- first access to this technology
- access to device at cost price
- access to coating services at cost price
- privileged access to training and tutoring
Tools, activities, and processes- Use this page for coordination.
- A folder for this specific project was created under SENSORICA/Projects/Optical Fiber Coating
- A folder for this specific project was created under SENSORICA/Literature/Optical Fiber Coating, containing relevant papers.
- Items in our Diigo knowledge base will be tagged coating_project . See collection here
- Description of products
- Experiments, results and discussions
Skills and resources neededProduct design, crowdfunding, electronics, automation, Arduino, chemistry, mechanical design...
LiteratureSee our database SENSORICA/Literature/Optical fiber coating
| Wet silver coating device concept. Design under way...
Status
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Drop mixing - improving silver deposition
One problem we had in the past was the mixing of solutions in the drop. The glucose drop is more viscous than pure water. When we add the silver solution ...
Posted May 31, 2012, 5:20 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Wet fiber coating of the entire glass fiber
We modified our optical fiber we coating technique to coat the entire length of the fiber. The idea is to go from a drop to a grove filled with solutions ...
Posted May 4, 2012, 8:31 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Wet silver coating can be automated!
We are pleased to announce our last results on wet silver coating in a drop. A Mosquito was used to monitor the coating process in real time. The adjacent graph ...
Posted Apr 22, 2012, 10:25 AM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Back to coating!
We are planning another optical fiber coating work party for next week to produce a few joint-type transducers with a silver coated glass LEVER, for the Mosquito that is ...
Posted Mar 7, 2012, 10:00 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
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Previous announcements
Experimentation for proof of concept approaching completion. See ongoing research. Device design under way.Device for silver wet coating for single optical fiber (members only)Precision metal coating of small ...
Posted Mar 7, 2012, 9:54 PM by Tiberius Brastaviceanu
See more announcements
Wet coating with mixing
Coating tip and along the fiber
Our first experiments with wet silver coating
Seventh round of experiments
Forth round of experiments
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