MULTI-MATERIAL MICROFLUIDIC PLASTIC CHIPS
Our customer, a research and development center in nanostructure devices.
1. THE NEED
- Team up with a collaborator that provides leading-edge technologies to support research projects on microfluidic chips molding
2. THE SOLUTION
- Manufacture molds to produce overmolded microfluidic plastic chips with infinitely variable thickness
- Integrate programmable moving cores
- Mold PLC connected with the injection molding machine
3. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Multi-material plastic injection molds with programmable moving cores
- Use of add-ons precision molding technologies such as compression molding (coining), variotherm, and micropositioning
- Entire cell integration including PLC control, cabling and software
4. THE BENEFITS
- Molded and overmolded variable thickness of microfluidic plastic chips are now fully programmable and adjustable at every shot to accurately respond to the needs of the researchers