Capillary Forces in Microassembly: Modeling, Simulation, Experiments, and Case Study

Pierre Lambert

ISBN 10: 0387710884 / ISBN 13: 9780387710884

Edité par Springer Verlag, 2007

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1st edition. 263 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Capillary Forces in Microassembly: Modeling, Simulation, Experiments, and Case Study
• Éditeur: Springer Verlag
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0387710884
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780387710884
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Brand New

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Synopsis

This book explains the use of capillary forces as a gripping principle in microscale assembly. Clearly written and well organized, the text integrates physical concepts at the microscale level with practical applications in micromanipulation. Readers get a review of gripping principles and the elements needed to model capillary forces. Moreover, the book provides a description of the simulation and experimental tests developed to study design parameters. A detailed case study concerning the pick and place of balls in a watch's ball bearing helps readers see how theoretical concepts are applied in practice. Researchers and engineers in the fields of precision assembly, surface science, microfluidics, and micromechanics will find this a highly useful reference for microassembly system design and analysis.

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Capillary Forces in Microassembly discusses the use of capillary forces as a gripping principle in microscale assembly. Clearly written and well-organized, this text brings together physical concepts at the microscale with practical applications in micromanipulation. Throughout this work, the reader will find a review of the existing gripping principles, elements to model capillary forces as well as descriptions of the simulation and experimental test bench developed to study the design parameters. Using well-known concepts from surface science (such as surface tension, capillary effects, wettability, and contact angles) as inputs to mechanical models, the amount of effort required to handle micro-components is then predicted. Researchers and engineers involved in micromanipulation and precision assembly will find this a highly useful reference for microassembly system design and analysis.