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A novel approach to realize the local precise variotherm process in micro injection molding

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Variotherm is special mould temperature controlling concept which realizes the rapid heating/cooling of mould during material processing in order to extend the freezing time of materials. A novel variotherm concept based on silicon wafer combined with micro electric resistance heating structures is purposed and prototyped in this study. The manufacture process of this variotherm unit was introduced and its heating/cooling performance was tested and analyzed by thermal graphic method, which indicate that the new variotherm concept has excellent thermal control efficiency and precise temperature distributions.

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Thanks for financial support of the research is due to DFG (German research foundation) as well as NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China 51105299).

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  1. State Key Lab for Manufacturing System Engineering, Xi’an JiaoTong University, Xi’an, China

    Lei Xie

  2. Institute for Polymer Materials and Plastics Engineering, Technology University of Clausthal, Agricola str.6, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Lei Xie & Gerhard Ziegmann

  3. Institute for Microtechnology, Technical University Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 8, 38106, Bruanschweig, Germany

    Thalke Niesel, Monika Leester-Schädel & Stephanus Büttgenbach

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Xie, L., Niesel, T., Leester-Schädel, M. et al. A novel approach to realize the local precise variotherm process in micro injection molding. Microsyst Technol 19, 1017–1023 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-012-1692-9

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