A desktop electrohydrodynamic jet printing system

作者：Barton Kira^*; Mishra Sandipan; Shorter K Alex; Alleyne Andrew; Ferreira Placid; Rogers John

来源：Mechatronics, 2010, 20(5): 611-616.

DOI：10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.05.004

• Micro/nano-scale manufacturing
• Electrohydrodynamic Jet printing
• Manufacturing process
• System design/integration

This paper discusses the design and integration of a desktop system for electrohydrodynamic jet (E-jet) printing. E-jet printing is a micro/nano-manufacturing process that uses an electric field to induce fluid jet printing through micro/nano-scale nozzles. This enables better control and resolution than traditional jet-printing processes The printing process is predominantly controlled by changing the voltage potential between the nozzle and the substrate The push to drive E-jet printing towards a viable micro/nanomanufacturing process has led to the design of a compact, cost effective, and user friendly desktop E-jet printing system. The hardware and software components of the desktop system are described in the paper. Experimental results are presented to validate the performance of the system.

• 出版日期2010-8