Self-alignment of microparts using liquid surface tension - Behavior of micropart and alignment characteristics

Precision Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-50

  Sato, Kaiji ^a   Ito, Kentaro ^a   Hata, Seiichi ^a   Shimokohbe, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Alignment accuracy; Assembly; Liquid surface tension; Microparts; Restoring force; Self alignment; Water

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; SERVOMECHANISMS; SURFACE TENSION; WATER; WETTING;

MICROPARTS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0037217585     PISSN: 01416359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-6359(02)00182-4     Document Type: Article

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