Investigation on Laser assisted wire bonding by means of droplet joining of novel thermoplastic-compatiple piezoceramic modules

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Abstract

Active noise reduction, health monitoring and energy harvesting are some applications of piezo actuators, particularly in automotive and aeronautic industry [1]. Since piezoceramic modules are commonly soldered manually, a low reproducibility and high cycle times are the result, which is restricting a widespread application of such modules. Further, soldered joints do not withstand the temperatures occurring during the integration of actuators into e.g. polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) structures, which require processing temperatures of about 320 °C. Thus, a demand in developing a novel joining method arises, which has potential of automation and large scale production and further providing joints with high thermal stability. In the presented work, a joining method is discussed, which is based on melting a spherical CuSn12 braze preform and is referred to as laser drop on demand brazing (LDB) for the application of joining novel thermoplastic compatible piezoceramic modules for integration in fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites for high volume applications [2,3]. The paper is focusing on the diffusion processes introduced by the interaction between CuSn melt droplets and the Ag-electrode structure of the piezoceramic module. Furthermore different piezoceramic module layouts, with focus on the fusion zone, are investigated by means of digital image correlation due to the qualitative characterization of module performance.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication8th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials SMART 2017
Pages371-382
Number of pages12
ISBN (electronic)978-84-946909-3-8
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title8th ECCOMAS Conference on Smart Structures and Materials (SMART 2017)
Abbreviated titleSMART 2017
Duration5 - 8 June 2017
Website
CityMadrid
CountrySpain

External IDs

Scopus 85045435613
ORCID /0000-0002-8854-7726/work/142242075
ORCID /0000-0003-1370-064X/work/142243531

Keywords

Keywords

  • Laser brazing, Piezoceramic modules, Smart structures, Wire bonding