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Vibrating breakup of jet for uniform metal droplets

  • Shengdong Gao*
  • , Yingxue Yao
  • , Chengsong Cui
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Uniform droplet formation from capillary stream breakup provides promising opportunities for many applications such as solder balls manufacturing, circuit board printing and rapid prototype manufacturing. In this study an apparatus capable of making monosize metal spheres by vibrating breakup has been developed. The droplets were electrically charged to avoid collision and merging with one another during flight. As a result, uniformly sized tin powders (180 μm in diameter) were obtained after cooling and solidification.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-138
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Materials Science and Technology
Volume23
Issue number1
StatePublished - Jan 2007

Keywords

  • Uniform metal powder
  • Vibrating orifice atomization

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