A case study of surface tension gripping: The watch bearing

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1267-1276

  Lambert, Pierre ^a,b   Seigneur, Frank ^a   Koelemeijer, Sandra ^a   Jacot, Jacques ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHARACTERIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE TENSION;

CAPILLARY FORCES MODELS; EXHAUSTIVE CHARACTERIZATION WORK; MICROGRIPPER; SUBMILLIMETRIC BALLS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 33745077992     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/7/021     Document Type: Article

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