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http://dx.doi.org/10.7735/ksmte.2017.26.4.351

Optimization of Printing Conditions Using Design Experiments for Minimization of Resistances of Electrodes in Roll-to-roll Gravure Printing Process  

Lee, Sang Yoon (Department of Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Cheol (Department of Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Chung Hwan (Department of Mechanical & Metallurgical Engineering Education, Chungnam National University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers / v.26, no.4, 2017 , pp. 351-356 More about this Journal
Abstract
The resistance of printed patterns for electrodes fabricated using printing technology should be minimized. This parameter depends on the pattern width and thickness; however, from the viewpoint of printability, the printed patterns should be printed at the designed width. The resistance of the printed patterns as well as printability is affected by various printing conditions. In this paper, the printing condition is optimized to minimize the resistance of electrodes printed by the roll-to-roll gravure method. This is done by considering the spread ratio of pattern width as a parameter of printability using design experiments. The drying temperature, dryer fan speed, and printing speed are selected as effective factors for the experiment objective. The optimized conditions are obtained and reproducibility test using these demonstrates that the optimized conditions can produce low-resistance electrodes for printability of the pattern width.
Keywords
Roll-to-roll; Gravure printing; Design of experiments; Printing condition; Low resistance; Spread ratio;
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