EP0144187B1 - Dispositif électrique avec éléments PCT - Google Patents

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EP0144187B1
EP0144187B1 EP84307984A EP84307984A EP0144187B1 EP 0144187 B1 EP0144187 B1 EP 0144187B1 EP 84307984 A EP84307984 A EP 84307984A EP 84307984 A EP84307984 A EP 84307984A EP 0144187 B1 EP0144187 B1 EP 0144187B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/20—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
    • H05B3/34—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs
    • H05B3/342—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater flexible, e.g. heating nets or webs heaters used in textiles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
    • H05B3/10—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor
    • H05B3/12—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
    • H05B3/14—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material the material being non-metallic
    • H05B3/146—Conductive polymers, e.g. polyethylene, thermoplastics
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B2203/00—Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/002—Heaters using a particular layout for the resistive material or resistive elements
    • H05B2203/005—Heaters using a particular layout for the resistive material or resistive elements using multiple resistive elements or resistive zones isolated from each other
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    • H05B2203/00—Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/011—Heaters using laterally extending conductive material as connecting means
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    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H05B2203/00—Aspects relating to Ohmic resistive heating covered by group H05B3/00
    • H05B2203/017—Manufacturing methods or apparatus for heaters
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    • H05B2203/02—Heaters using heating elements having a positive temperature coefficient

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  • compositions which have a positive temperature coefficient of resistance are known. They can be composed of ceramic material, eg. a doped barium titanate, or a conductive polymer material eg. a dispersion of carbon black or other particulate conductive filler in a crystalline polymer.
  • PTC is generally used (and is so used in this specification) to denote a composition whose resistivity preferably increases by a factor of at least 2.5 over a temperature range of 14°C or by a factor of at least 10 over a temperature range of 100°C, and preferably both.
  • switching temperature (or T s ) is generally used (and is so used in this specification) to denote the temperature at which a sharp increase in resistivity takes place, as more precisely defined in U.S. Patent No. 4,237,441.
  • Materials, in particular conductive polymer compositions, which exhibit zero temperature coefficient (ZTC) behavior are also known.
  • ZTC is generally used (and is so used in this specification) to denote an element which does not exhibit PTC behavior at temperature below the T s of the PTC element; thus the ZTC element can have a resistivity which increases relatively slowly, or which is substantially constant, or which decreases slowly, at temperatures below the T s of the PTC element.
  • Ceramic materials are brittle and are difficult to shape, particularly when large or complex shapes are needed.
  • Conductive polymers can be manufactured in a wider variety of shapes, but especially with PTC materials, close control is needed to ensure adequate uniformity; it is yet more difficult, if not impossible, to produce a predetermined variation in properties in different parts of an article.
  • the physical strength of laminar conductive polymer devices is often less than is desirable.
  • the invention provides a fabric which is suitable for use as an electrical heater and which comprises an ordered array of interlaced elongate elements, characterized in that said fabric comprises (1) a first elongate electrode which forms at least part of a first of said interlaced elongate elements; (2) a second elongate electrode which forms at least part of a second of said interlaced elongate elements, said second element not being said first element and (3) a PTC element which is in the form of a layer surrounding at least one of said electrodes and which is composed of a conductive polymer, and through the thickness of which current passes when a source of electrical power is connected between the first and second electrodes and which is composed of a conductive polymer, and through which current passes when the first and second electrodes are connected to a source of electrical power.
  • Particularly useful devices can therefore be prepared by making use of an elongate element which comprises an elongate electrode and a resistive element which electrically surrounds the electrode; this elongate element is converted into a fabric which can be incorporated into an electrical system or device.
  • an elongate element which comprises an elongate electrode and a resistive element which electrically surrounds the electrode; this elongate element is converted into a fabric which can be incorporated into an electrical system or device.
  • a wide range of such elongate elements can be easily produced in a uniform manner, and through the use of known fabric-manufacturing techniques, such as weaving, knitting and braiding, they can be converted into fabrics which are completely uniform or which vary in a desired predictable way.
  • Other elongate elements can be included in the fabric to provide or enhance desired properties such as strength or heat-recoverability or other thermally induced response.
  • the invention provides an electrical device which comprises
  • Particularly useful devices are those which comprise an element, preferably a non-conductive element, which is thermally responsive and which is heated when current is passed through the device. Such devices can be recoverable, either as a result of passing current through the device or as a result of some other action.
  • very useful heat-shrinkable articles comprise a woven fabric comprising spaced-apart first and second elongate electrodes running in one direction, and heat-shrinkable non-conductive elongate elements running in the other direction, the fabric being impregnated or coated with a heat-softenable ZTC conductive polymer. When the article is powered, the heat generated by Joule heating causes the ZTC material to soften and the non-conductive elements to shrink, thus shrinking the fabric in the direction of the non-conductive elements and drawing the electrodes closer together.
  • the invention also includes processes in which a recoverable fabric of the invention as described above, especially one containing non-conductive heat-shrinkable filaments in the fabric, is used to cover a substate, the process comprising:
  • the PTC element is a substantially continuous laminar element which is composed of a conductive polymer.
  • the invention will chiefly be described herein by reference to the preferred devices of the invention, in which there are two (or more) electrodes, at least one of the electrodes being an elongate electrode forming part of an elongate element which (i) comprises the electrode and a PTC conductive polymer element electrically surrounding the electrode and (ii) forms part of the fabric.
  • the invention includes similar devices in which some other type of PTC element electrically surrounds the electrode (provided of course that it permits conversion of the element into the fabric).
  • the invention includes fabrics comprising at least one elongate element which comprises (a) an elongate metal element and (b) a conductive polymer element which substantially surrounds the elongate metal element and which may be ZTC or NTC element, for example such a fabric which further comprises another electrode which is electrically separated from the first electrode not only by the ZTC or NTC element but also by a PTC element, preferably a conductive polymer PTC element.
  • At least one of the electrodes is an elongate electrode, usually of metal, e.g. copper or nickel-coated copper, for example a solid or stranded wire, which is electrically surrounded by a PTC conductive polymer element.
  • a PTC conductive polymer element usually of metal, e.g. copper or nickel-coated copper, for example a solid or stranded wire, which is electrically surrounded by a PTC conductive polymer element.
  • the PTC element will be melt-shaped, preferably melt-extruded, preferably so that it physically surrounds the electrode as a uniform coating throughout its length.
  • other methods of forming the PTC element e.g. dip-coating, and other geometric arrangements, are possible.
  • the PTC element can vary in thickness and/or resistivity radially and/or longitudinally.
  • the PTC element can alternate radially and/or longitudinally with polymeric elements which are electrically insulating or which have a resistance which is much higher than the resistance of the PTC element at room temperature, so that at least when the device is at relatively low temperatures, substantially all the current between the electrodes passes through the PTC element (it is to be noted that the broad definition of the devices of the invention does not exclude the possibility that at temperatures close to and above the T s of the PTC element, a substantial part of the current does not pass through the PTC element).
  • the PTC element can be in direct physical contact with the electrode or can be separated therefrom by a layer of ZTC material, for example a low resistivity conductive polymer.
  • Suitable polymers include polyethylene and other polyolefins; copolymers of one or more olefins with one or more polar comonomers e.g. ethylene/vinyl acetate, ethylene/acrylic acid and ethylene/ethylacrylate copolymers; fluoropolymers, e.g.
  • polyvinylidene fluoride and ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymers and polyarylene polymers, e.g. polyether ketones; and mixtures of such polymers with each other an/or with elastomers to improve their physical properties.
  • the other electrode in the preferred devices is preferably another elongate electrode which forms part of the same fabric as the first elongate element (as is usually preferred) or part of a different fabric.
  • the second electrode can be the same as or different from the first electrode. Electrical contact between the first and second electrodes can be achieved in any suitable way.
  • the second electrode can be in contact with the first PTC element; or it can be electrically surrounded by a second PTC element which has the same T s as the first PTC element and is in physical contact with a third electrical element as described above; or it can be in direct physical contact with a third electrical element as described above.
  • the third electrical element when present (as is preferred), preferably comprises a ZTC conductive polymer. It can be of uniform composition or can comprise discrete sub-elements; for example it may be desirable to coat an electrode or a PTC element surrounding an electrode with a first ZTC conductive polymer in order to provide improved electrical and physical contact to a second ZTC conductive polymer.
  • the third electrical element can fill or bridge the interstices of the fabric(s), thus providing a continuous laminar element. Alternatively, the third electrical element can be coated onto the fabric(s) so that apertures remain in the fabric.
  • part (or all) of the third electrical element is provided by an elongate element which is interlaced with at least one other elongate element to form part of the fabric(s), with the remainder (if any) of the third element being coated on or otherwise united to the fabric to provide desired electrical contact between the elongate elements.
  • the third electrical element can be thermally responsive, e.g. heat-shrinkable.
  • the dimensions of the third electrical element and the resistivity and other properties of the ZTC conductive polymers preferably used for it should be correlated with the other elements of the device, but those skilled in the art will have no difficulty, having regard to their own knowledge (e.g. in the documents referenced herein) and the disclosure herein, in selecting suitable ZTC elements.
  • the ZTC element When the device is recoverable, the ZTC element preferably has low viscosity at the recovery temperature so that it impedes recovery as little as possible.
  • Suitable polymers for the ZTC material include copolymers of ethylene with one or more polar copolymers, e.g. ethyl acrylate and vinyl acetate.
  • the first elongate element (and the other elongate elements) can be formed into a fabric by any method which results in an ordered array of interlaced elongate elements. Weaving is the preferred method, but knitting, braiding etc. can be used in suitable cases.
  • the density of the weave (or other form of interlacing) can be selected in order to provide the desired power output or shrinkability (when the fabric incorporates shrinkable elements as described below) or other property.
  • the density of the weave can be varied from one area to another to provide a desired variation, eg. of at least 10% or at least 25%, in one or more properties from one discrete area (which may be, for example, at least 5% or at least 15% of the total area) to another. Triaxial weaving can be employed.
  • the electrodes In order to pass current through the device, the electrodes must of course be connected to a power source, which may be DC or AC, e.g. relatively low voltage, e.g. 12, 24 or 48 volts.
  • a power source which may be DC or AC, e.g. relatively low voltage, e.g. 12, 24 or 48 volts.
  • the various components of the device must be selected with a view to the power source to be employed.
  • the electrodes When the electrodes are elongate electrodes, they may be powered from one end or from a number of points along their lengths; the former is easier to provide, but the latter results in more uniform power generation.
  • the device may include, at least in selected areas thereof, a non-conductive element which provides desired properties, particularly a non-conductive element which is thermally responsive and which is heated when current is passed between the electrodes, or a non-conductive element, e.g. of glass fibers, which provides stiffness or other desired physical properties.
  • the non-conductive element can be, for example, a heat-recoverable, e.g. heat-shrinkable, element.
  • heat-recoverable elements can for example be composed of an organic polymer (which can be cross-linked) or a memory metal alloy.
  • Other useful thermally responsive members include a layer of a hot melt adhesive or a mastic; a thermochromic paint; or a component which foams when heated.
  • the non-conductive element can be an elongate element which forms part of the fabric(s) incorporating the elongate electrode(s), e.g. a continuous monofilament or multifilament yarn or a staple fiber yarn.
  • Suitable heat-shrinkable elements can be composed of, for example, a polyolefin, e.g. high, medium or low density polyethylene; a fluoropolymer, e.g. polyvinylidene fluoride; a polyester, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate or poly butylene terephthalate; or a polyamide, e.g. Nylon 6, Nylon 6,6, Nylon 6, 12, Nylon 11 or Nylon 12.
  • the element is preferably capable of unrestrained recovery to less than 50%, preferably less than 35%, especially less than 25% of its stretched dimension.
  • An especially preferred embodiment of the invention is a heat-shrinkable device which is useful, for example, for protecting joints between elongate substrates such as telephone cables, and which comprises:
  • the first and second elements generally run in one direction in the fabric (which may be the warp or the weft, depending on the ease of weaving), with the heat-shrinkable element running at right angles thereto. This enables the first and second elements to accommodate to shrinkage of the heat-shrinkable element by moving closer together, without longitudinal shrinkage.
  • the first and second elements can be powered from one end, in which case they will normally have a serpentine shape.
  • the fabric can be woven so that the electrode is or can be exposed at regular intervals along the fabric, eg. each time it changes direction, thus permitting the exposed ends to be bussed together by some bussing means which permits the desired shrinkage to take place.
  • the exposed ends of the first electrodes will be joined together along one edge of the fabric and the exposed ends of the second electrode will be joined together along the opposite edge of the fabric.
  • the resistance of the ZTC element is greater than, preferably at least 1.2 times, the resistance of the PTC element(s) at all temperatures between 0°C and T shrink .
  • the resistivity of the ZTC composition is greater than, preferably at least twice, the resistivity of the PTC composition at all temperatures between 0°C and T shrink .
  • the PTC conductive polymer composition has a first resistivity ⁇ 1 and comprises a first polymeric component which contains at least 50% by volume of a crystalline polymer having a first melting point T1
  • the ZTC conductive polymer composition comprises a polymeric component which contains at least 50% by volume of a thermoplastic polymer having a softening point T2 and a resistivity ⁇ 2; wherein T1 > T shrink > T2, and ⁇ 2 > ⁇ 1 at all temperatures between 0°C and T shrink.
  • (T1-T2) is at least 30°C, particularly at least 50°C, and that (T1-T shrink ) is at least 10°C, preferably at least 20°C.
  • the polymer in the PTC composition is polyvinylidene fluoride
  • the polymer in the ZTC composition is a copolymer of ethylene, eg. an ethylene/ethyl acrylate polymer
  • the heat-shrinkable element comprises polyethylene.
  • the device can comprise, or be used in conjunction with, a thermal element which helps to spread heat uniformly over the device, eg. a metal foil layer, or which reduces the rate at which heat is removed from the device, eg. a layer of thermal insulation such as a foamed polymer layer.
  • a thermal element which helps to spread heat uniformly over the device, eg. a metal foil layer, or which reduces the rate at which heat is removed from the device, eg. a layer of thermal insulation such as a foamed polymer layer.
  • Figure 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a device of the invention, showing electrodes 1 of one polarity, each surrounded by a PTC conductive polymer element 11, and parallel electrodes 2 of opposite polarity, each surrounded by a PTC conductive polymer element 21.
  • the electrodes are woven into a fabric with heat-shrinkable non-conductive filaments 4 at right angles to the electrodes, and the fabric is impregnated or coated with ZTC conductive polymer element 3.
  • Figure 2 is a partial cross-sectional side view of the device of Figure 1 after it has been powered to cause shrinkage of the filaments 4 and softening of the ZTC element 3.
  • Figure 3 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of a device as shown in Figure 1.
  • the electrodes 1 are connected at one end to a bus bar connector 12 which runs along one edge of the fabric and does not prevent shrinkage of the filaments 4 when they are heated.
  • the electrodes 2 are connected at one end to a bus bar connector 22 which runs along the opposite edge of the fabric and does not prevent shrinkage of the filaments 4 when they are heated.
  • the ZTC element 3 completely fills the interstices of the fabric.
  • Figure 4 is similar to Figure 1 and shows the same elements 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 21, and in addition shows elongate elements 6 which are woven into the fabric parallel to the PTC elements and are composed of a hot melt adhesive 15 which melts at the shrinkage temperature of the filaments 4. Also shown in Figure 4 is an electrically insulating polymeric backing 7 which softens at the shrinkage temperature of the filaments 4.
  • Figure 5 is a partial cross-sectional plan view of another device of the invention which is similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 3, but in which the electrodes follow a serpentine path and are powered from one end, and the ZTC element 4 coats the fabric but does not fill its interstices, leaving a plurality of voids 41.
  • Figure 6 is a partial cross-sectional side view of another device of the invention which is similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 2 except that the electrodes 1 are woven into one fabric with half of the heat-shrinkable filaments 4, while the electrodes 2 are woven into a second fabric with the other half of the heat-shrinkable filaments 4.
  • the fabrics are secured to each other by the ZTC conductive polymer element.
  • Figure 7 is a partial cross-sectional side view of another device of the invention which is very similar to that shown in Figure 1 but in which there is no PTC coating around the electrodes 2.
  • Figure 8 is a partial cross-sectional side view of another device of the invention which comprises electrodes 1 and 2 embedded in a PTC element 11 to form a self-limiting strip heater preferably having an outer insulating jacket (not shown).
  • the strip heater is woven into a fabric with heat-shrinkable filaments 4.
  • the invention is illustrated by the following Example.
  • a satin weave fabric was prepared using the following elongate elements:-
  • the weft of the fabric was composed of elements (1) and (2), there being three elements (2) between each of the elements (1), and the elements (1) being 0.3 inch (0.76 cm) apart (center-to-center).
  • the warp of the fabric was composed of elements (3) at a frequency of 72 filaments per inch.
  • the fabric was then irradiated to a dosage of 12-17 Mrad, thus cross-linking PTC conductive polymer and the polyethylene.
  • the irradiated fabric was laminated under heat and pressure to a 0.03 inch (0.076 cm) thick sheet of a conductive polymer composition which had a resistivity of about 80 ohm.cm at 25°C and about 200 ohm.cm at 140°C [i.e. it was ZTC compared to the PTC composition of element (1)], and which comprised carbon black dispersed in a very low crystallinity ethylene/ethyl acrylate copolymer.
  • the opposite face of the fabric was laminated to a 0.011 inch (0.028) thick layer of an insulating polymeric composition.
  • the resulting product had a cross-section similar to that shown in Figure 4.
  • the electrodes followed a serpentine pattern similar to that shown in Figure 5.
  • the fabric When the electrodes were connected to a 36 volt DC power source, the fabric heated to a temperature of about 130°C, at which temperature the polyethylene filaments had reached their shrinkage temperature, and the hot-melt adhesive filaments and ZTC layer had softened; the fabric therefore shrank in the transverse direction to about 33% of the original transverse dimension.

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  1. Etoffe qui convient pour l'utilisation comme dispositif de chauffage électrique et qui comprend un réseau ordonné d'éléments allongés entrelacés, ladite étoffe étant caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend
    (1) une première électrode allongée (1) qui fait au moins partie d'un premier desdits éléments allongés entrelacés ;
    (2) une seconde électrode allongée (2) qui fait au moins partie d'un second desdits éléments allongés entrelacés, ledit second élément ne correspondant pas audit premier élément ; et
    (3) un élément CTP qui est sous forme d'une couche (11, 21) entourant au moins l'une desdites électrodes et qui est constitué d'un polymère conducteur, et à travers l'épaisseur duquel passe un courant lorsqu'une source de courant électrique connecte les première et seconde électrodes.
  2. Etoffe suivant la revendication 1, qui comprend en outre
    (4) un élément laminaire pratiquement continu (3) qui est constitué d'un polymère conducteur CTZ et à travers lequel passe un courant lorsque les électrodes sont connectées à une source de courant électrique.
  3. Etoffe suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, qui comprend en outre un troisième élément allongé entrelacé (4), élément qui est électriquement non conducteur et est sensible à la chaleur.
  4. Etoffe suivant la revendication 3, qui comprend
    (1) un premier élément allongé qui comprend
    (i) une première électrode allongée constituée d'un métal, et
    (ii) un élément CTP qui entoure électriquement la première électrode et qui est constitué d'une composition polymérique conductrice CTP ;
    (2) un deuxième élément allongé qui comprend une seconde électrode allongée constituée d'un métal ;
    (3) un élément allongé thermorétractable qui se rétracte lorsqu'il est chauffé à une température Trétr et qui est constitué d'une composition polymérique électriquement isolante ;
    le premier élément, le deuxième élément et l'élément thermorétractable formant une étoffe préparée en tissant ensemble le premier élément, le deuxième élément et l'élément thermorétractable ;
    (4) un élément électrique CTZ qui est constitué d'une composition polymérique conductrice CTZ ;
    les première et seconde électrodes pouvant être connectées à une source de courant électrique pour provoquer le passage d'un courant à travers l'élément CTZ et pour provoquer la rétraction de l'élément thermorétractable.
  5. Etoffe suivant la revendication 4, dans laquelle, à toutes les températures entre 0°C et Trétr de l'élément thermorétractable, la résistance de l'élément CTZ est supérieure à la résistance de l'élément CTP.
  6. Etoffe suivant la revendication 4 ou 5, dans laquelle la composition polymérique conductrice CTP possède une première résistivité ρ₁ et comprend un premier constituant polymérique qui contient au moins 50 % en volume d'un polymère cristallin ayant un point de fusion T₁, la composition polymérique conductrice CTZ possède une seconde résistivité ρ₂ et comprend un constituant polymérique qui contient au moins 50 % en volume d'un polymère thermoplastique ayant un point de ramollissement T₂ ; et
    T₁ > Trétr > T₂,
    et
    ρ₂ > ρ₁ à toutes les températures entre 0°C et Trétr.
  7. Etoffe suivant la revendication 6, dans laquelle la différence (T₁-T₂) est au moins égale à 30°C et la différence (T₁-Trétr) est au moins égale à 10°C.
  8. Procédé pour recouvrir un substrat, qui consiste
    (A) à placer en position adjacente au substrat une étoffe douée de reprise dimensionnelle qui comprend
    (1) un premier élément allongé qui comprend (i) une première électrode allongée, et (ii) un élément CTP entourant la première électrode ;
    (2) un second élément allongé qui est entrelacé avec le premier élément allongé pour former un réseau ordonné d'éléments allongés entrelacés ;
    (3) une seconde électrode ;
    les première et seconde électrodes pouvant être connectées à une source de courant électrique pour provoquer le passage d'un courant à travers l'élément CTP ; et
    (4) un élément qui est sensible à la chaleur et qui est chauffé lorsqu'un courant est passé entre les électrodes ;
    (B) à provoquer la reprise dimensionnelle de l'étoffe contre le substrat ; et
    (C) à faire passer un courant entre les électrodes pour provoquer une variation désirée dans l'élément sensible à la chaleur.
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