Characterisation and analysis of microchannels and submicrometre surface roughness of injection moulded microfluidic systems using optical metrology

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-39

  Tosello, G ^a   Marinello, F ^b   Hansen, H N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polymer microfluidics; Uncertainty; White light interferometer

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL ACCURACY; INJECTION MOULDING; INJECTION SPEED; MICRO FLUIDIC APPLICATIONS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFEATURES; MOULD TEMPERATURE; NON-CONTACT MEASURING; OPTICAL COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; OPTICAL METROLOGY; POLYMER MICROFLUIDICS; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; PROCESS-RELATED PARAMETERS; UNCERTAINTY; WHITE-LIGHT INTERFEROMETER;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; INTERFEROMETERS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84856112220     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: 17432898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0743289811Y.0000000017     Document Type: Article

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