• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.05b
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• pp.828-831
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 피에조 잉크젯 헤드의 액적 토출 형상에 대해 전산해석을 통하여 연구하였다. 열유체 해석 전용 프로그램인 FLUENT를 이용하여 에틸렌 글리콜이 잉크젯 헤드의 노즐에서 토출될 때의 형상을 전산모사하였다. 노즐 출구에서 메니스커스 변위의 시간에 따른 변화를 직접 측정하여 노즐 입구의 속도분포를 예측하고 이를 해석의 입력 자료로 사용하였다. 측정치와 해석치를 비교한 결과 전산해석이 측정치의 액정 형성 과정을 잘 모사함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.25 no.7
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• pp.27-32
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.14.2-14.2
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• 2009

잉크젯의 응용이 넓어 짐에 잉크젯 헤드에서의 잉크 토출을 효과적으로 제어해야되는 이슈가 대두 되고 있다. 이를 위해서는 잉크젯 헤드의 입력전압을 적절하게 인가 해야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 잉크젯 토출 현상을 이해하고 이를 통해 잉크젯 헤드의 최적의 입력 파형을 설계가 가능한 알고리즘을 소개 하려고 한다. 본 연구에서는 토출 현상을 측정하기 위하여 CCD 카메라의 이미지를 사용한 메니스커스 운동을 측정하였다. 측정된 메니스커스 운동은 잉크젯 헤드의 피에조에 인가되는 입력전압에 의해서 야기된 압력파가 노즐에 전달되어 나타나는 현상이다. 따라서 잉크젯 헤드내의 현상 뿐만 아니라 잉크젯 토출 현상의 많은 정보를 가지고 있다. 파형 설계를 위해서 메니스커스 운동의 주기를 측정하여 잉크젯 입력 파형의 최적의 휴지시간 (dwell time)을 결정하는것이 가능하였음을 실험적으로 검증하였다. 또한 메니스커스 운동을 측정 함으로서 설계된 파형을 평가하것도 용이함을 실험적으로 보였다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.641-647
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• 2016

A drop-on-demand inkjet is used widely for various applications. Therefore, it is important to understand the jetting behavior of the drop from the piezo inkjet. In this study, to predict the jetting behavior, VOF (Volume-of-Fluid) simulation techniques were used and compared with the experimental results. The experimentally measured meniscus movement was used as the input data for the simulation. To verify the simulation, the measured jetting behavior of the mixture fluids of ethylene glycol and IPA (isopropyl alcohol), which has a mixing ratio of 50:50, was used. The numerical simulation of the drop formation using various mixture ratios and its comparison with the measured drop formation confirmed that the proposed method can predict the actual jetting. On the other hand, the satellite drop behavior showed slight differences because the small sized droplet is subject to a more aerodynamic effect during flight because the kinetic energy of the satellite droplet is far smaller than that of the main droplet.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.1529-1535
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• 2010

For the reliable use of inkjet technology as patterning tools, the jetting of the inkjet dispenser needs to be monitored for real-time detection of any malfunction. We present a self-sensing circuit that can be used to detect jetting failure by measuring electrical signals only. In addition, practical problems involved in the monitoring of inkjets in multinozzle printheads are discussed. In the study, software was developed and presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method for detecting inkjet jetting failure in a printing system.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1394-1399
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• 2007

Recently, Study of 3D freeform fabrication method was working in the various applications. For example, in the powder base, it's laminated using a binding method or laser sintering method. However, these methods are not suitable in the office environments because it dust with powder that is bad for health. In this paper, we introduce a method of 3D freeform fabrication using a curing of photo-polymer resin and construct a system has multi printing head. A photo-polymer curing method has simply fabrication process and high strength of manufacturing part. However, this method has a problem on the multi print-head system. Because multi-printing system has a other printing method compare with a single printing system. Therefore, we experiment a single head 3D printing and proposed a 3D printing method using a multi-piezo head.

• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.163-169
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• 2010

Jetting stability is the most important factors in inkjet printing because printing quality is totally determined by shape of the droplets on the substrate. In order to acquire stable jet, viscosity and dynamic behavior of the ink must be considered. In addition, waveform to drive the inkjet printhead is also to be controlled. In this study, the driving waveform composed of rising time, dwell time and falling time is optimized to obtain a stable jetting using drop watcher system. Also, effect of ink viscosity on jetting is experimentally investigated by changing the temperature of ink cartridge. As a result, jetted drop having uniform velocity is acquired.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1544-1545
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• 2007

본 논문은 피에조방식으로 구동하는 MEMS 구조의 산업용 잉크젯 헤드를 제작하여 잉크를 충진하여 토출하는 과정에서 토출이 되지 않는 원인 중 하나인 기포에 대해서 연구하였다. 기포를 직접 관찰하기 위한 방법으로 투명한 유리로 Membrane을 제작하여 기포가 발생하여 거동하는 모습을 관찰하였으며 Actuator가 구동하는 헤드내 기포를 구동 중에 관찰하기 위한 방법으로 LDV(Laser Doffler Vibrometer)를 이용하였다. 그 결과, 구동하면서 발생하는 변위의 미세한 차이를 관찰할 수 있었으며 주파수 data의 차이를 관찰함으로써 기포의 크기에 따른 토출의 양태를 구별할 수 있었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.31 no.1 s.256
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• pp.51-61
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• 2007

This paper presents numerical and theoretical studies of acoustic wave interactions in slightly compressible liquids within piezoelectrically driven inkjet print heads. The interconnected flow channels may cause jet crosstalk, resulting in poor printing quality. It should be reduced by modifying the channel structure with the acoustic wave interactions considered. Compressible gas flow driven by the sudden movement of a top wall in the channel is calculated using Flow3D and is validated with the narrow gap theory. Limited compressibility model of the Flow3D is employed to calculate pressure waves of slightly compressible ink flow. It is found that reducing restrictor width can damp out the jet crosstalk by inhibiting the pressure wave propagation. The degree of crosstalk has been quantified using the maximum values of cross-correlations between neighboring channels and a critical channel dimension for acceptable crosstalk has been proposed. This finding is verified by drop visualization experiments using silicon-micromachined piezo inkjet print heads that are fabricated by our group.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.30 no.10 s.253
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• pp.1003-1011
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• 2006

Droplets are ejected onto a substrate through a nozzle by pushing liquids in flow channels of drop-on-demand devices. The behavior of ejection and formation of droplets is investigated to enhance the physical understanding of the hydrodynamics involved in inkjet printing. The free surface phenomenon of a droplet is described using $CFD-ACE^{TM}$ which employs the volume-of-fluid (VOF) method with the piecewise linear interface construction (PLIC). Droplet formation characteristics are analyzed in various flow regimes with different Ohnesorge numbers. The computational results show that the droplet formations are strongly dependent on the physical properties of working fluids and the inlet flow conditions. In addition, the wetting characteristics of working fluids on a nozzle influence the volume and velocity of a droplet produced in the device. This study may provide an insight into how a liquid droplet is formed and ejected in a piezoelectric inkjet printing device.