Methods for detecting air bubble in piezo inkjet dispensers

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-56

  Kwon, Kye Si ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inkjet condition monitoring; Piezo inkjet; Piezo self sensing; Printhead

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; INK-JET PRINTING; INKJET CONDITION MONITORING; MEASURED SIGNALS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MENISCUS MOTION; OPERATING CONDITION; PIEZO INKJET; PIEZO SELF-SENSING; PRESSURE WAVES; PRINTHEAD; SELF-SENSING;

DISPENSERS; INK; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 67349190525     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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