A System of Wearable Electronic Heaters to Provide Bodily Temperature Control Wednesday, December 7th, 2016 MEEN 475 - 502 Samuel Terrill | Matthew Pledger | Andres Barrios | Richard Meeks | Guillermo Villalobos | Kyle Slaton Instructor: Dr. Tanil Ozkan
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A System of Wearable Electronic Heaters to Provide Bodily
Temperature Control
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016MEEN 475 - 502Samuel Terrill | Matthew Pledger | Andres Barrios | Richard Meeks | Guillermo Villalobos | Kyle SlatonInstructor: Dr. Tanil Ozkan
Outline
Market Need
System Overview
Material Selection
Material Process Selection
Auxiliary Part Selection
Conclusions
Introduce system background
•For athletes, every training session is essential to improve performance•Missed practices due to cold temperatures can hinder athletic growth•These athletic bands were thus created in order to heat up athletes during winter workouts to prevent unnecessary expenditure of energy
System OverviewThin bands of silicone rubber with copper wiring embedded circumferentially.
Contains a thin battery, small microcontroller, and temperature sensor
Bands are scalable for warming critical areas of the human body-near wrists, upper arm, legs, abdomen
Added benefit of keeping muscles warm for injury prevention.
Final Selection: Sheet Forming Final Selection: Injection Molding
Temperature Sensor
Made of graphite and semi-crystalline acrylate polymer formed by 2 monomers
Flexible
Lightweight
Printable
Accurate "A Printable, Flexible, Lightweight Temperature Sensor." Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology. N.p., 9 Nov. 2015. Web. 03 Dec. 2016.
Insulation
For insulation, material selection was qualitative
Desire higher resistivity for shock prevention
Desire medium thermal conductivity for mild insulation but adequate transfer to person