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Mini-Micro Valve Case Study. Group Brainstorm 3/20/09. Learn/Fail Fast Use findings to guide future designs Investigate/fab valves similar to BW valve in: -Valve size/mass -Flow parameters -Power requirements -Temperature range. Purpose. Findings.
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Mini-Micro Valve Case Study Group Brainstorm 3/20/09
Learn/Fail Fast Use findings to guide future designs Investigate/fab valves similar to BW valve in: -Valve size/mass -Flow parameters -Power requirements -Temperature range Purpose
Findings • There are numerous microvalves that have already been developed for other fabrication/manufacturing processes with similar design requirements to BW valve • Many of these may be fabricated with micromill for performance comparison and for learning purposes
Example Ball Valve Source: C Fu, Z Rummler and WSchomburg. Magnetically driven micro ball valves fabricated by multilayer adhesive film bonding. JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING. 24 April 2003.
Conclusions • Case study will develop more informed understanding of: • Overall design/Performance • Part assembly (pin alignment, adhesives, etc) • Interfacing elements • There are other valves to investigate