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NEXIPAL

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NEXIPAL® laminates for electroactive applications consist of one or several ultrathin silicone layers of ELASTOSIL® Film. This film, which is only 10 to 400 µm thick, is coated with special electrodes, laminated and cut to shape. Several layers are then stacked on top of each other.
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NEXIPAL®
  • Functions:Laminate
  • End Uses:Sensors, Actuators, Electrodes
NEXIPAL® is a versatile EAP (Electroactive Polymer) laminate designed for actuators and capacitive sensors. It is composed of one or multiple ultrathin silicone layers, known as ELASTOSIL® Film, which have a thickness ranging from 20 to 400 µm. These silicone layers are coated with specialized electrodes, laminated together, and then precisely cut into the desired shape. Multiple layers can be stacked on top of each other to achieve the desired performance.
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Powerful Performance – Layer on Layer
  • WACKER’s NEXIPAL® laminates are the first ready-to-use silicone laminates with electroactive properties.
  • Medical technology, robotics, automotive engineering, artificial muscle: in all of these fields, electroactive silicone laminates open up fascinating opportunities for innovative applications in actuator and sensor technology.
  • The basis for the new laminate technology is ELASTOSIL® Film, an ultrathin silicone film with dielectric properties, which WACKER produces as roll stock in thicknesses between 20 and 400 µm.
  • WACKER then uses this silicone film to produce electroactive polymers (EAPs), which are distributed under the brand name NEXIPAL®.
  • NEXIPAL® is a multi-layer laminate made of alternating layers of ELASTOSIL® Film coated with special electrodes. The resulting material can be used as an actuator to produce movement or as a sensor to measure mechanical deformation.
Major Advantages for Many Challenges
  • Unlike existing solenoid technology, one of the advantages of actuators made from electroactive silicone laminates is that they only consume electrical energy during the switching process.
  • As a result, their operation is more sustainable and significantly more economical over their entire service life.
  • Silicone laminates also produce less heat than solenoids, for example. In addition, EAPs can be either flat and wide or long and thin, which provides more leeway when designing the components and the space where they will be installed.
The Advantages of NEXIPAL®
  • Low energy consumption
  • Flexible and elastic
  • Proportional switching
  • Large strokes
  • High actuation speed
  • Actuator-sensor combinations possible
  • Low weight
  • Silent operation