Inkjet printing ceramics: From drops to solid

Inkjet printing is a powerful microfabrication tool that has been applied to the manufacture of ceramic components. To successfully fabricate ceramic objects a number of conditions must be satisfied concerning fluid properties and drop placement accuracy. It has been proposed that fluids are printab...

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Published in:Journal of the European Ceramic Society Vol. 31; no. 14; pp. 2543 - 2550
Main Author: Derby, B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2011
Subjects:
Drying
Inkjet printing
Shaping
Suspensions
Inkjet printing
Shaping
Suspensions
Drying
ISSN:0955-2219, 1873-619X
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Summary:Inkjet printing is a powerful microfabrication tool that has been applied to the manufacture of ceramic components. To successfully fabricate ceramic objects a number of conditions must be satisfied concerning fluid properties and drop placement accuracy. It has been proposed that fluids are printable within the bounds 1 < Z < 10 (where Z is the inverse of the Ohnesorge number) and these limits are shown to be consistent with ceramic suspensions delivered by piezoelectric drop-on-demand inkjet printers. The physical processes that occur during drop impact and spreading are reviewed and these are shown to define the minimum feature size attainable for a given printed drop diameter. Finally the defects that can occur during the drying of printed drops are reviewed (coffee staining) and mechanisms and methodologies to reduce this phenomenon are discussed.
ISSN:0955-2219
1873-619X
DOI:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.01.016