Hi,
This is sort of a electronics question, I am playing with SMA and intend to create a circuit to control a piece of SMA but before I can do this I need to train the SMA to the shape I want , apparently this is done by holding in shape and heating to 500c for 5mins then dump in water, anyone any sugestions on how to attain 500c using household / DIY equipment in a nice even enviroment?
I did have a thought about iduction heating or heating it like a light bulb filiment but thought I would ask here for peoples comments before going off at a tangent. e.g. Induction heating is far too expensive and dead short so not a good idea because....
P.S. SMA = Nitinol = Flexinol and a few other names.
This is sort of a electronics question, I am playing with SMA and intend to create a circuit to control a piece of SMA but before I can do this I need to train the SMA to the shape I want , apparently this is done by holding in shape and heating to 500c for 5mins then dump in water, anyone any sugestions on how to attain 500c using household / DIY equipment in a nice even enviroment?
I did have a thought about iduction heating or heating it like a light bulb filiment but thought I would ask here for peoples comments before going off at a tangent. e.g. Induction heating is far too expensive and dead short so not a good idea because....
P.S. SMA = Nitinol = Flexinol and a few other names.
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