Back to articles
Articles
Volume: 26 | Article ID: art00043_2
Image
Complete Digital Fabrication of Polymeric Microsieves
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2010.26.1.art00043_2  Published OnlineJanuary 2010
Abstract

We report on the substitution of a fabrication step for the manufacture of polymeric microsieves, carried out manually so far, by an inkjet printing technology. As published previously [1] the microsieves are manufactured by using a solution of Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in chloroform. However, this solution is not printable with an inkjet printer due to its high vapor pressure. Hence, the PMMA solution was replaced by a commercially available UV curable ink to enable inkjet printing. This variation of the ink leads to a UV exposure driven fabrication method enabling the prospective production of microsieves with an automated high throughput manufacturing. Additionally, the digital fabrication character of inkjet printing allows the manufacture of customized microsieves for given filtration application requirements like size selectivity and mechanical stability.

Subject Areas :
Views 19
Downloads 0
 articleview.views 19
 articleview.downloads 0
  Cite this article 

Jens Hammerschmidt, Eva-Maria Eck, Enrico Sowade, Stephan F. Jahn, Susann Ebert, Andreas Morschhauser, Werner A. Goedel, Reinhard R. Baumann, "Complete Digital Fabrication of Polymeric Microsievesin Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP26),  2010,  pp 538 - 540,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2010.26.1.art00043_2

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2010
72010410
NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
nip digi fabric conf
2169-4451
Society of Imaging Science and Technology
7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA