Hybrid tooling technologies and standardization for the manufacturing of inserts for micro injection molding
conference paper
This paper is based on the European Platform's activities within the 4M Network of Excellence "Multi-Material Micro Manufacturing". To overpass limitations of the current existing micro tooling capabilities, a new generation of micro hybrid tooling technologies for micro replication was developed. A metrological approach was applied to standardize the employed tooling processes (micro milling, ?EDM, laser micromachining, electrochemical ?-milling). The micro tools were then tested with different polymers (PP, PP + nano fillers, PC, COC). The paper provides a comparison of these technologies concerning obtainable feature sizes, surface finish, and aspect ratios of both micro tools and micro molded parts.
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TNO Identifier
953909
ISSN
1539-2252
Publisher
Knovel
Source title
Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference: Plastics Encounter at ANTEC 2007, 6 May 2007 through 11 May 2007
Pages
2946-2950
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