RApid prototyping of 3D microstructures by direct printing of liquid metal at temperatures up to 500°C using the starjet technology

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1452-1455

  Lass, N ^a   Tropmann, A ^a   Ernst, A ^b   Zengerle, R ^a   Koltay, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BIOFLUIDIX GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

contactless printing; high melting; Liquid metal; micro droplets; porous metal structures; rapid prototyping; solder printing; StarJet

Indexed keywords

CONTACTLESS PRINTING; HIGH MELTING; MICRO DROPLETS; POROUS METAL; SOLDER PRINTING; STARJET;

ACTUATORS; DROPS; LIQUID METALS; MAGNESIUM; MELTING; MICROSYSTEMS; NOZZLE DESIGN; PRINTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; SPRAY NOZZLES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

METALS;

EID: 80052108804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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