A novel monolithic microactuator fabricated by 3D rapid direct manufacture

Procedia Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1163-1166

  King, Philip ^a   Covington, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

direct manufacture; micropump; stereolithography

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MANUFACTURE; FULLY INTEGRATED; MAXIMUM FLOW RATE; MICRO PUMP; MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; MICROSTEREOLITHOGRAPHY; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; STEREO-LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS; STROKE RATES;

ACTUATORS; FABRICATION; PUMPS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

EID: 71549135843     PISSN: 18766196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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