Water jet based tooling strategies for micro production
Résumé
This contribution presents an investigation about the possibilities of using Water Jet (WJ) technology in combination with Micro Electrical Discharge Machining (MEDM) for tooling production in micro manufacturing. In the first phase the tool used in MEDM is produced by WJ machining. Afterwards, the final tool in steel is produced by MEDM. Such kind of tools are intended to be used in processes like hot embossing, moulding, and other replication technologies in the field of micro manufacturing. The first results are very promising and the proposed tooling strategy, which involves besides MEDM also WJ technology, shows a lot of potential especially in the design and developing phase of micro-fluidic devices.
Domaines
Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]| Origine | Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s) |
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