Super-resolution electrohydrodynamic (EHD) 3D printing of micro-structures using phase-change inks

被引：58

作者：

Han, Yiwei ^{[1
]}

Wei, Chuang ^{[1
]}

Dong, Jingyan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27695-7906, NC

来源：

Manufacturing Letters | 2014年 / 2卷 / 04期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

3D micro-structure printing; Electrohydrodynamic 3D Printing; Phase-Change Ink;

D O I：

10.1016/j.mfglet.2014.07.005

中图分类号：

学科分类号：

摘要：

This paper presents a super-resolution 3D printing process using electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printing technology for the direct fabrication of micro-scale structures with phase-change inks (i.e. wax). In this work, we successfully apply EHD printing process for phase-change ink (wax), which is widely used modeling and supporting material for additive manufacturing and 3D printing, to achieve micro-scale droplet dimension. Moreover, a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) model is developed to predict the droplet formation and droplet size of the EHD printing at different printing voltage. The EHD printing process is capable of producing high aspect-of-ratio 3D structures with sub-10. μm feature resolution. © 2014 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

引用

页码：96 / 99

页数：3

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