A desktop electrohydrodynamic jet printing system

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. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

本文讨论了一种用于电流体动力喷射（E - jet）打印的桌面系统的设计与集成。E - jet打印是一种微/纳米制造工艺，它利用电场通过微/纳米级喷嘴诱导流体喷射打印。与传统的喷射打印工艺相比，这能够实现更好的控制和分辨率。打印过程主要通过改变喷嘴和基底之间的电势来控制。推动E - jet打印成为一种可行的微/纳米制造工艺的努力，促使了一种紧凑、经济高效且用户友好的桌面E - jet打印系统的设计。本文描述了该桌面系统的硬件和软件组件，并给出了实验结果以验证系统的性能。© 2010爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。