Fabrication and characterization of embedded horizontal micro-channels using line-scan stereolithography

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-361

  Choi, Jae Won ^a,b   Quintana, Rolando ^c   Wicker, Ryan B ^a  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded wire; Manufacturing systems; Micro channels; Stereolithography; Wires

Indexed keywords

3D SYSTEMS; CHANNEL PATHS; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; COATED WIRES; COMPLICATED GEOMETRY; CROSSSECTIONAL GEOMETRY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EMBEDDED WIRES; FABRICATION METHOD; HIGH QUALITY; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MEASURED DATA; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NON-CIRCULAR; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STATISTICAL DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; STATISTICAL STUDY; STRAIGHT CHANNEL; UNCURED RESINS; WIRE DIAMETER;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FABRICATION; GEOMETRY; MICROCHANNELS; RESINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

WIRE;

EID: 81255210790     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111156478     Document Type: Article

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