High humidity, heavy rainfall, and technology that must function reliably for months on end: The Amazon rainforest places high demands on technical components.
This is exactly where Hack The Planet’s “Instant Detect” camera system comes into play. Smart cameras help the Indigenous Forest Guardians of the Borari community detect illegal activities in protected forest areas at an early stage. Footage can be transmitted nearly in real time via a local LoRa network and a satellite connection, even in areas where no traditional network infrastructure is available.
The Challenge: Moisture in the 3D-Printed Housing
The cameras are housed in additive-manufactured enclosures made of ASA. However, microporosity and minute leaks in the printed structure allowed moisture to penetrate and damage the sensitive electronics. The enclosures were therefore first retroactively sealed with dichtol® AM, reliably sealing the enclosures and protecting the electronics.
Optimized Application with dichtol® AM Hydro
In the next step, the application was further optimized. Since the ASA material used became softer when exposed to dichtol AM for extended periods, sealing was now performed using the water-based variant, dichtol® AM Hydro. This allows the application to be better tailored to the material used and the processing conditions, while maintaining the same goal: to reliably protect the electronics from moisture intrusion.
