Sweat glands module with integrated sensors designed for Additive Manufacturing

¹ CAMPUS 02 UAS/Degree Programmes in Automation Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
² Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Machine Building Faculty, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
³ University of Maribor, Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Laboratory for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

^* Corresponding author: ioan.turcin@campus02.at

Abstract

Lead by the results of our previous work, in which we designed the sweat glands prototype according to AM (Advanced Manufacturing) requirements, in this study we aimed to integrate the previously manufactured channels into a stereolithography (SLA)-manufactured module, in order to avoid support structures inside the channels and the model cavities. That was achieved by distributing the channels in the manner which approximates the sweat glands distribution on an equivalent real body part and to be able toadjust the sweat quantity, to the estimated sweat rates found in the literature. The manufactured module has integrated humidity and temperature sensors, which will allow an accurate quantitative assessmentof the thermoregulation of the individual modules and the sweat glands prototype as a whole.