Mandrel

Customer:

Research group Micro- & Nano-scale Engineering, Professor A.H. Dietzel, PhD, department Mechanical Engineering TU/e

Description:

Mandrel to make a injection mold for "high aspect ratio microstructures (HARMS)". The mandrel is made using a diamond cutter after which electroforming generates a thick nickel layer on the mandrel that becomes the negative of the mandrel and can be used to inject-mold the microstructures.

    Specifications:

    Microstructures:

    • rectangular 150 x 150 µm
    • height 500 µm
    • taper 3°