An integrated and compact device for microassembly exploiting electrostatic sorting and capillary grasping

CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-190

  Porta, M ^a   Fantoni, G ^b   Lambert, P ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capillary grasping; Electrostatic sorting; Microassembly; Microhandling; Microproducts

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; ASSEMBLY TIME; CAPILLARY GRASPING; CAPILLARY GRIPPERS; COMPACT DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC SORTERS; GLASS MICROSPHERES; MICRO PART; MICROASSEMBLY; MICROHANDLING; MICROPRODUCTS; RANDOM GROUPS;

MICROSPHERES;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 79551494437     PISSN: 17555817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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