ArticleMicromachines2019
3D Printing of Metallic Microstructured Mould Using Selective Laser Melting for Injection Moulding of Plastic Microfluidic Devices.
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- A Review of Hybrid Manufacturing: Integrating Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Three-Dimensionally Printed Microsystems to Facilitate Flow-Based Study of Cells from Neurovascular Barriers of the Retina.Micromachines · 2024Article
- Advances in Microfluidic Systems and Numerical Modeling in Biomedical Applications: A Review.Micromachines · 2024Review
- Effects of Surface Roughness on Direct Plasma Bonding between Silicone Rubbers Fabricated with 3D-Printed Molds.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Electropolishing and Shaping of Micro-Scale Metallic Features.Micromachines · 2022Review
- Characterization and Evaluation of 3D-Printed Connectors for Microfluidics.Micromachines · 2021Article
- Low-cost and open-source strategies for chemical separations.Journal of chromatography. A · 2021Review
- Study of Microchannels Fabricated Using Desktop Fused Deposition Modeling Systems.Micromachines · 2020Article
- Theoretical and Experimental Study on Hot-Embossing of Glass-Microprism Array without Online Cooling Process.Micromachines · 2020Article
- Recent Progress in 3D Printed Mold-Based Sensors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Tool Life Performance of Injection Mould Tooling Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting for High-Volume Production.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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Abstract
A new method, a 3D printing technique, in particular, selective laser melting (SLM), has been used to fabricate moulds for the injection moulding of thermoplastic microfluidic chips that are suitable for prototyping and early stage scale-up. The micro metallic patterns are printed on to a pre-finished substrate to form a microstructured mould. The dimensional accuracy, surface morphology, bonding strength between the printed patterns and substrate, as well as the microstructure of micro features were all characterized. A microfluidic mould was successfully printed and used directly for injection moulding of cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) microfluidic chips, which were used subsequently to successfully monitor nitrite concentrations in environmental water. The characterization indicated that this new process can be used for fast fabrication of mould tools for injection moulding/hot embossing microfluidic devices. It is faster, more flexible and less expensive than conventional micro-machining processes, although the accuracy and finish are still needed to improve though process optimization and hybrid SLM and machining processes.
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