A novel monolithic microactuator fabricated by 3D rapid direct manufacture
King, Philip and Covington, James (2009) A novel monolithic microactuator fabricated by 3D rapid direct manufacture. At Eurosensors XXIII, Lausanne, Switzerland, 06 - 09 Sep 2009. Elsevier B.V., 1163-1166.
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Description/Abstract
In this paper we present the world’s first micropump entirely fabricated using a 3D direct manufacture process based on microstereolithography. The device employs a single pneumatically actuated membrane, with flow rectification provided by a nozzle/diffuser arrangement. A maximum flow rate of just over 2,000 μl/min was achieved with a pneumatic pressure of 2 PSIG and a stroke rate of 96 Hz. The fabrication of actuator components using stereolithography apparatus (SLA) is a potentially major step towards the realisation of low-cost, disposable, rapid manufactured and fully integrated micro total analysis systems (μTAS).
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Additional Information: | Event Dates: 06-09 September 2009 |
| Keywords: | stereolithography, microfluidic, micropump, additive layer manufacture, 3D printing |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Agents, Interactions & Complexity |
| Item ID: | 273098 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2012 12:17 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:00 |
| Contributors: | King, Philip (Author) Covington, James (Author) |
| Date: | 31 August 2009 |
| Additional Information: | Event Dates: 06-09 September 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| ISI Citation Count: | 2 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/273098 |
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