Jettable conductive adhesives suitable for wearables

Panacol’s UK distributer, Techsil, has introduced a jettable conductive adhesive, to the UK market, which can be used in wearables

Panacol recently expanded its Elecolit product portfolio with the use of new filling materials and hardener systems and can be applied by jetting.

The company said that thanks to new hardener systems, conductive adhesives can be now cured within a few minutes: several one-part Elecolit conductive adhesives have been modified for snap-curing ability.

New hardener systems in many of the one-part epoxy based adhesives develop a cure within minutes.

Chris Dilley, sales director at Techsil said: “The big area at the moment is wearable plastics.  They [conductive adhesives] are used for bonding electronic components onto flexible substrates that ordinary solder would melt.”

The Elecolit silver filled adhesives are both electrically and thermally conductive and available in a range of viscosities to accommodate various applications and requirements.

Dilly said: “I see a future where electronics are part of our clothes and wearable diagnostic technology will become ubiquitous.  For example a diabetes sufferer might look at their shirt cuff and an electronic sensor will measure insulin levels and remind the reader to take it. 

“Or industrially a stick on electronic badge to your overalls that will flash if you go into a gaseous area and are at risk of falling unconscious.”