It is widely used as a cleaning mechanism that brushes away dust from carried air filters of indoor room air conditioners to maintain the cleanliness. In this mechanism, a elastomer filter exhibits complex behavior because a plastic filter is deformed while driven by rollers and gears. It is essential that the utilization of simulation when design the mechanism. Because there are many parameters to be considered. There is prior research on thin paper, such as in photocopiers. Although there is no prior research on plastic filters that are relatively thick and have nonlinear characteristics. In this study, we report on the development of an analysis technique with high reproducibility by focusing on viscoelasticity of the elastomer filter and the initial stress.
Kadoi et al. (Wed,) studied this question.