printed electronics
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Metafas has a lot of (production) knowledge and experience with screen printing of conductive inks on flexible substrates, and as a result we have been at the origin of many Printed Electronics innovations. Since 2022, the focus has been on Smart Textile, Smart Plastics and Smart Packaging. Metafas has also developed from build-to-print to full service product development and production and we can support you from TRL 4 level with developing, prototyping, testing, industrializing and scaling up to series production of your printed electronics application.
With our fast sheet-to-sheet process we can make small to large products (up to 1,000 mm) very competitively, in both low (protos) and high quantities (depending on the size) between 100,000 and 500,000 pieces for you. And this does not stop with a substrate with printed electronics, but we also offer options for developing and producing connectors, transferring or assembling in the end product, up to and including (with partners) developing the electronics, PCB and software.
Smart textile
We have already developed and produced many sensors and heating elements for textile applications for various markets and applications. Consider a pressure sensor mat based on FSR inks for medical applications, or heating elements for consumer products, or a smart sock that can measure stress in people with an intellectual disability who cannot express these emotions themselves.
These sensors are usually first applied to a substrate (for example a stretchable TPU) and then transferred to the textile using a heat/pressure process. We can also develop and make a connector for you, taking into account the sometimes challenging transition from a stretchable substrate to the hardware.
Metafas has its own unique pressure sensor (based on FSR technology) in final development, Metasense. The two unique advantages of this sensor on stretchable substrate are the low costs and the process and product stability
Typical sensors that we can develop for your application are:
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Heating elements
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Lighting
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Pressure/stretch sensor
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FSR sensor
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Temperature sensor
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RFID sensor
