Reconfigurable micro-mould for the manufacture of truly 3D polymer microfluidic devices

Competitive Design - Proceedings of the 19th CIRP Design Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 343-346

  Marson, S ^a   Attia, U ^a   Allen, D M ^a   Tipler, P ^b   Jin, T ^a   Hedge, J ^a   Alcock, J R ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Battenfeld UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Micromachining; Mould

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INJECTION MOLDING; MANUFACTURE; MICROMACHINING; MOLDS;

FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-INJECTION MOULDINGS; POLYMER MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES; PRECISION MACHINING; PRODUCTION PHASE; RECONFIGURABLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROFLUIDICS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

FLUIDICS; INJECTION MOLDING; PRECISION;

EID: 84912123974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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