Electrically Disbonding Adhesive

03/17/03 00:00:00    

By Michael Mealling

EIC's bond-and-release technology, called ElectRelease, includes a high-strength epoxy sandwiched between metal substrates. The epoxy can support more than 2,000 pounds per square inch. Applying between 10 and 50 volts of electricity to the mechanism causes the epoxy to disbond, cleaving the “sandwich” into two pieces–one clean substrate and one substrate with the epoxy still attached.

Interesting way to handle things like staging, etc. Simply put some positive force in place to push the parts apart and then apply 50 volts for 1 second. Clean. No explosives. Neat….