1. Contact force–based method for controlling the dispensing volume of ultra-micro-adhesive.
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Liu, Huifang, Chen, Ying, Chen, Xi, and Jiang, Shenhui
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MICROFABRICATION ,SUPPLY & demand ,MATHEMATICAL models ,MICROTECHNOLOGY - Abstract
With the rapid development of precision micro-manufacturing technology, the connection and assembly processes of precision micro-devices have placed higher demands on the volume and precision of micro-dispensing technology. In the dispensing process, the adhesive dispensing volume is crucial to the bonding quality. In this paper, based on the analysis of the composition of critical contact force and the mechanism of action, a method was proposed to control the ultra-micro-adhesive dispensing volume at pL level. Firstly, a mathematical model describing the change of droplet size and critical contact force during the extrusion of adhesive was established, which provided a theoretical basis for analyzing the mapping relationship between contact force and adhesive dispensing volume. Then, the mathematical models describing the droplet initial volume, dispensing volume, and transfer ratio were derived. Based on this, a mechanism and method to control the volume of dispensing to the substrate by contact force control to trigger the liquid bridge pull-off action was developed. The critical contact force was detected in real time to determine the changing state of the process of adhesive contacting the substrate, and used as the basis for triggering the stretching stage of the liquid bridge, and then achieved the prediction and control of the adhesive dispensing volume. In this paper, a series of experimental studies were conducted on the method of controlling the adhesive dispensing volume through contact force by embedding a micro-force sensor with high resolution into the dispensing system. The experiments were conducted with the critical contact force in the range of 0.5–4.5 mN. The results showed that the increase of the critical contact force was approximately linear with the increase of the adhesive dispensing volume. The deviation rate of the dispensing volume under the same critical contact force was less than 1.7%, and the average deviation rate of the overall adhesive dispensing volume was about 0.6%, so it was basically possible to precisely control the adhesive dispensing volume at the pL level by changing the contact force. This study revealed the composition and variation mechanism of contact force, and the proposed method for controlling the adhesive dispensing volume have significant value and potential in the micro-assembly of viscous ultra-microfluids and other applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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