Analysis of Ink Droplet Formation in Manufacturing of Automotive Bio-Sensors using Flow- 3D

Authors

  • Prem. J.  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Muthayammal Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India

Keywords:

Inkjet Printer, Flow 3D, Droplet Formation, Biosensor, Nozzle Diameter.

Abstract

Additive manufacturing is used to create a three dimensional object by successive coating of material. In inkjet printer the chamber ejects small drops of ink through a nozzle on to the substrate. This paper studies about the droplet formation of ink with fluid properties like density, viscosity and surface tension with respect to two different nozzle diameters using Flow 3D software. This paper shows effect of fluid properties and diameters in the droplet formation and also the droplets ejects per second. Simulations of the objects or prototypes are used to reduce the cost of the prototype manufacturing and design, time consuming is also reduced using Flow 3D.

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2017-08-31

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Volume 1, Issue 1, -2017

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Prem. J., " Analysis of Ink Droplet Formation in Manufacturing of Automotive Bio-Sensors using Flow- 3D, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Mechanical and Materials Engineering(IJSRMME), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 1, Issue 1, pp.10-14, -2017.