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\"BatRay,
BatRay is an IMSE technology demonstrator that TactoTek created to show popular features in a form factor that enables designers to envision new possibilities. This model is designed for overhead mounting. Learn more<\/a>. (Photo courtesy of TactoTek Oy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Finnish firm has industrialized and commercialized a smart-surface technology that integrates printed circuitry and discrete electronic components inside three-dimensional molded plastics, creating a seamless, single-piece structure that it says offers \u201crevolutionary design freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

TactoTek Oy, founded in 2011 in Oulu, Finland, describes its Injection Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE\u2122) technology as an advanced form of film insert molding. The 95-employee firm\u2019s core business involves developing and commercializing IMSE technology. It licenses IMSE for automotive applications, and does both small-scale manufacturing and licensing of it for non-automotive customers, according to Dave Rice, the Portland, Oregon-based senior vice president for marketing and business development at TactoTek.<\/p>\n

The company also has operations in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Ulm, Germany, and sales offices in Japan, South Korea and Switzerland. TactoTek\u2019s technology currently is finding use primarily in automotive, appliance, medical device, industrial, and wearable\/Internet of Things applications. TactoTek in Finland runs two injection molding presses, with 100-ton and 250-ton clamping forces (with another 200-ton press on the way).<\/p>\n

IMSE technology enables adding sophisticated electronic functions to light, thin, three-dimensional parts, including surfaces with complex shapes and contours, says Rice. Moreover, he adds, IMSE parts are typically just 2 to 3.5 mm thick, even when they include lighting features, and the integrated electronics can follow the contours of a design. This means that designers \u201ccan add electronic features to locations impractical or impossible for traditional electronics, and in shapes that align with their design language and vision\u201d\u2013\u2013regardless of whether that\u2019s a designer coffee maker or the door trim of a vehicle.<\/p>\n

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Dave Rice: IMSE technology enables adding sophisticated electronic functions to light, thin, three-dimensional parts, including surfaces with complex shapes and contours. (Photo courtesy of TactoTek Oy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This offers designers \u201ca new palette of possibilities\u00a0that enable them to\u00a0deliver high-value, differentiated user experiences\u2013\u2013in terms of three-dimensional form, styling, electronic functionality and total cost efficiency.\u201d Injection molders benefit, meanwhile, since parts that combine both plastics\u00a0and<\/em>\u00a0electronics tend to command higher margins than standard injection molded parts.<\/p>\n

Rice notes that design and functional variants can be created easily with a single tool set by changing the surface material or printing. In addition to plastic, IMSE structures can have natural surface materials such as wood and leather.<\/p>\n

Making plastics surfaces \u2018smart\u2019
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IMSE technology turns plastics into smart surfaces by integrating flexible printed circuitry and electronic components such as LED lights into 3D, injection molded structures using standard, high-speed manufacturing methods and equipment. IMSE products can be single- or multi-film structures. The film resin used most often is polycarbonate or thermoplastic polyurethane.<\/p>\n

A number of international companies are using TactoTek technology, including DuPont Co., Sun Chemical, Covestro AG, MacDermid, Novem Car Interior Design GmbH, and lighting giant OSRAM, to name a few. Other are licensing IMSE, including firms such as Faurecia, LS Automotive and Nanogate SE.<\/p>\n

In one of TactoTek\u2019s most recent use cases, Ann Arbor, Mich.-based PassiveBolt Inc. employed the technology to produce a new home-security product called Shepherd Lock. The product won a CES 2020 Innovation Award in the Smart Home category at January\u2019s huge consumer technology show.<\/p>\n

Shepherd Lock is a simple add-on that allows homeowners to keep their existing lockset and keys, while converting it into a touch-activated device. Employing their smart phone as a sort of \u201ckey fob,\u201d users can lock and unlock their door both inside and outside with a touch. It involves a mechatronic module that works based on simple touch\u2013\u2013no fingerprints or biometrics needed. The product\u2013\u2013which goes on sale this month\u2013\u2013uses a patent-pending combination of sensors and artificial intelligence to actively monitor your lock around the clock, and sends an alert to the homeowner via a secure mobile app if the lock is tampered with.<\/p>\n

PassiveBolt chose to use Covestro\u2019s Makrolon\u00ae polycarbonate for the lock\u2019s silver-colored enclosure, black face plate, and all the plastic parts. \u201cWe\u2019ve done considerable work with Covestro as we\u2019ve industrialized IMSE technology,\u201d Rice noted, \u201cand identified the materials stacks and processing required for high-yield manufacturing, high-quality cosmetics and lifetime reliability. That learning, and the validated materials combinations are then used in customer projects, most of which are in automotive today.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another example, TactoTek compares the particulars of a vehicle\u2019s overhead, ceiling-mounted control module made via conventional means vs. one made using IMSE.<\/p>\n

\"BatRay,
TactoTek\u2019s IMSE technology offers various mechanical structure options, depending on the application. (Photo courtesy of TactoTek Oy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lighter, smaller, simpler<\/h2>\n

The traditional, bulky structure comprises 64 individual mechanical parts (excluding mounted components), and more than 30 different assembly phases in production. The assembled unit is 45mm thick and weighs between 650g and 1.4 kg. This is what we see in high-end vehicles today, particularly in SUVs and trucks, from most manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Then let\u2019s look at IMSE. It has the same functionality, but in a totally different form factor. Using just one injection molded part that includes both mechanics and electronics, a \u201csmart surface,\u201d and a small printed circuit board assembly, the part thickness is just 3mm, weighs in at only 200g. Additionally, the process requires only a single injection molding tool, reducing tooling and design costs and no assembly. (Some OEMs smile as soon as they realized that this part cannot rattle or squeak.)<\/p>\n

TactoTek also has worked with Movesense, an open development platform for motion sensing and biometrics that was created by Finnish sports watch expert\u00a0Suunto. Movesense\u2019s easy tools allow one to build their own wearable device quickly and cost-efficiently, to enable the tracking of sports, health, equipment, machinery, or basically anything that moves.<\/p>\n

Working together, the parties found a way to integrate electronic functionality into fabrics. Typically, TactoTek notes, the challenge with truly wearable electronics\u2013\u2013not the wrist device\u2013\u2013is the wear and tear they undergo. Clothing, especially in sports, is worn under many times extreme conditions, and they have to be washed constantly.<\/p>\n

Adding electronics to fabrics<\/h2>\n
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This image shows the BatRay IMSE demonstrator with its lights on, which helps to show the type of construction possible using the technology. BatRay is tested to common auto industry standards for interior parts to show the versatility of IMSE construction for multiple markets. (Photo courtesy of TactoTek Oy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith our IMSE \u2018wash-and-go\u2019 material stack, we were able to make this smart connector for Suunto Movesense,\u201d TactoTek said. \u201cWe developed and manufactured a fully encapsulated smart connector that can be integrated in clothing, ski shoes, etc. It is attached to the sensor part, and it provides important contextual information on the location of the sensor.\u201d Because the smart connector uses silver inks with high elongation values, it can withstand more than 10,000 twist and bends and more than 50 washing cycles in a washing machine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe materials that we use in IMSE solutions come from global leaders in their fields. Recently there have been significant advances in conductive inks, dielectrics and electronic components that expand the capabilities of IMSE solutions. TactoTek puts all of these materials through its own tests, most importantly by processing the material stacks used to create parts,\u201d the company states.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur current offering includes touching, sensing, illumination and wireless connectivity, all delivered in light, thin, durable 3D structural electronics. Those features can be combined to create high value, differentiated user experiences required by today\u2019s consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n

More information:<\/h2>\n

www.tactotek.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.shepherdlock.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.suunto.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.movesense.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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