A linear peristaltic pump is designed and modeled. The pump is controlled by a set of five electromagnetic actuators with ferromagnetic cores pressing in the given order an elastic tube with pumped liquid. The paper shows and describes the basic arrangement of the device, pres...

In recent years, there has been significant development in the area of implementation of digitization, information systems and new technologies into production. This has led to the emergence of a new industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0. This revolution will allow for increased&...

This paper focuses on tritium production by fast neutrons (especially neutrons with energy 14.029 MeV). Research on tritium production is important and useful in designing future fusion reactors since tritium serves as the principal fuel in DT fusion. Many neutron reactions of different...

Impulse testing procedures are commonly used for various investigation of high- voltage insulation. Especially for introduction of new type of electrical insulation, like ecofriendly gases alternative to SF6, the statistical behavior of breakdown voltage should be evaluated. The paper deals with&...

This paper deals with relationship of soldering profile, void formation and mechanical strength of resulted solder joints. An experiment was design for this purpose. For the experiment, four solder paste (BiSnAg, SAC305, Sn100C, SnSb) and three surface finishes of PCB (ENIG, immersion A...

With the growing Smart Textile industry, there is currently increasing interest in mapping the possibilities and quality of contacting embroidered conductive patterns. This paper deals with one of the contacting options currently in use, the method of resistance welding. Furthermore, the pap...

This paper presents interconnecting of printed electronics patterns by printing technologies or non-conductive adhesives (NCA). DuPont Kapton substrate, Aerosol Jet nanoparticle silver ink and two types of NCAs were used. The aim of the research is to create a reliable interconnection for&#x...

This paper deals with the design and realization of planar resonant circuits, which are part of a system designed to verify the authenticity of identity documents or banknotes. Validation or authentication is performed based on the evaluation of resonant frequency changes due to th...

Smart firefighter protective suits can monitor their inner and outer temperature in order to prevent the burning of sensitive human skin. Embroidered large area sensors, which were developed at the University of West Bohemia in cooperation with industrial partners, are ideal for this&#x...

The paper deals with the static bend testing of electrically conductive glued joints between SMD chip resistors and conductive pattern on flexible substrates. Two types of two-part epoxy electrically conductive adhesives (EPO-TEK E4110 and MG 8331S) were used. Two flexible substrates (kapton...

This paper presents a research focused on testing of brass solderability for hybrid sewing thread. The hybrid sewing thread is composed of two strands each containing 48 polyester (PES) fibers and 4 brass micro wires. As main investigative method was chosen spread test. Due to...

This paper is focused on the properties of Thick Printed Copper (TPC) films with various thickness. TPC technology is based on well-known thick film technology and it is used for power substrate manufacturing as an alternative solution to standard DBC or AMB substrates. The th...

The article focuses on the possibilities of the production of fusion reactors fuel - tritium. Nuclear fusion is one of the most promising ways to tackle rising power consumption. The aim of this research is to propose the most suitable tritium breeder. Numerous calculations we...

This paper deals with temperature distribution optimization in flexible printed circuit boards (FPCBs) with assembled temperature sensors. They are a part of a testing system, which is intended to be used for testing of the thermal protection level of protective gloves. In total 28...

Criticality safety analysis of highly enriched nuclear fuels requires sophisticated calculation techniques like burnup credit in order to show that fuel reactivity is below legislative limits. However, new fuel types are continuously introduced and the increase of the boron concentration in ...

Nowadays Gen. IV reactors are attracting more attention, and so the same attention should be given to the safety and security requirements of these reactors. One of the most critical safety criteria is connected to the control of the chain reaction and thus to the neutron...

This paper presents research focused on the development of a flexible fully printed IoT antenna for a drone-deployed autonomous sensor unit optimized for IoT applications. Aerosol Jet® was chosen as manufacturing technology. DuPont™ Kapton® HN 500 polyimide foil was used as a substrate....

This paper deals with reliability of joints glued by non-conductive adhesives (NCA) on flexible substrates during electrical current ageing. Also the comparison of NCA joints ageing with ECA joints ageing is presented in this paper. Two types of adhesives were used for the experime...

The paper recapitulates the current state and the assumed near future view of the possibility using opensource free software for complex simulation analysis of power systems. The declared general properties and capabilities of significant representative current tools for modeling complex power&#x...

Control of four-leg voltage-source converters operating on three-phase systems traditionally faces the problem of transformation from a four-degrees of freedom (DOF) modulation space to a three-DOF output-voltage space. Contemporary, it is highly desirable to minimize the leg voltage, and consequently...