Study on design of temperature - dependence of sublimation transfer roller

• Main Authors: Hsieh Ming-Chu, Lin Jung-Sen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
• Series: MATEC Web of Conferences
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201818500036

Sublimation trasnfer machine's hot roller, a compression type electronic heater, is made of ceramic core which is wrapped with nickel-chromium alloy heater. This roller is insulated with magnesium oxide. When the power is on, the heat is generated. Heat transfers are from high temperature area to low temperature area, and it causes the non-uniform temperature surface and the roller surface distorsion. Such effects always increase with larger diameter of the roller and longer the roller. In order to predict the sublimation transfer machine's roller temperature distribution and validate it, we construct the roller's 3D temperature model and use ANSYS steady state heat transfer analysis module to calculate the power dissipation and simulate it. Final data shall help us to design sublimation transfer machines' roller.