Ultrasonic hot embossing

Micromachines

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-166

  Schomburg, Werner Karl ^a   Burlage, Katharina ^a   Gerhardy, Christof ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hot embossing; Micro system; Polymer; Ultrasonic hot embossing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TIME; HOT-EMBOSSING; INVESTMENT COSTS; POLYMER FOIL; PRODUCTION OF; THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC WELDING; ULTRASONICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84857144697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi2020157     Document Type: Article

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