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Failure Investigation of Direct Write Pen Tips

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Scanning electron microscopy of direct write pen tips provided fractographic evidence that pen tip failure was due to impact fracture. It is recommended that safeguards be implemented into the direct write system that will prevent impact between the pen tips and the print media.

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The research presented here was performed through the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). This research was supported through the NSF under grant number HRD-0929727 and the Mr. and Mrs. MacIntosh Murchison Chair I in Engineering.

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  1. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation College of Engineering Building, Room E-108, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA

    David A. Roberson

  2. Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation College of Engineering Building, Room E-108, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA

    Eric MacDonald & Ken Church

  3. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation College of Engineering Building, Room E-108, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA

    Ryan B. Wicker

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Roberson, D.A., MacDonald, E., Church, K. et al. Failure Investigation of Direct Write Pen Tips. J Fail. Anal. and Preven. 10, 504–507 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11668-010-9387-y

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