• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.171-176
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• 2001

Plasma Display Panel(PDP) is a type of flat panel display utilizing the light emission produced by gas discharge. Barrier Ribs of PDP separating each sub-pixel prevents optical and electrical crosstalks from adjacent sub-pixels. Mold for forming barrier ribs has been newly researched to overcome the disadvantages of conventional manufacturing process such as screen printing, sand-blasting and photosensitive glass methods. Mold for PDP barrier ribs have stripes of micro grooves transferring glass-material wall. In this paper, Stripes of grooves of which width 48${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ and 270${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, depth 124${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, pitch 274${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ was acquired by machining hard and brittle materials of WC, Silicon, Alumina with dicing saw blade. Maximum roughness of the bottom and sidewall of the grooves was respectively 120nm, 287nm in grooving WC. Maximum tilt angle caused by difference between upper-most width and lower-most width was 2$^{\circ}$. Maximum Radius of bottom curvatures was 7.75${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. This results satisfies the specification for barrier ribs of 50 inch XGA PDP if the groove form of mold was fully transferred to the barrier ribs. Barrier ribs were formed with Silicone rubber mold, which is transferred from grooved hard materials. Silicone rubber mold has elasticity accommodating the waveness of lower glass plate of PDP.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.326-333
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• 2004

The nanoprobe based on lithography, mainly represented by SPM based technologies, has been recognized as a potential application to fabricate the surface nanosctructures because of its operational versatility and simplicity. However, nanoprobe based on lithography itself is not suitable for mass production because it is time a consuming method and not economical for commercial applications. One solution is to fabricate a mold that will be used for mass production processes such as nanoimprint, PDMS casting, and others. The objective of this study is to fabricate the silicon stamper for PDMS casting process by a mastless fabrication technique using the combination of nano/micro machining by Nanoindenter XP and KOH wet etching. Effect of the Berkovich tip alignment on the deformation was investigated. Grooves were machined on a silicon surface, which has native oxide on it, by constant load scratch (CLS), and they were etched in KOH solutions to investigate chemical characteristics of the machined silicon surface. After the etching process, the convex structures was made because of the etch mask effect of the mechanically affected layer generated by nanoscratch. On the basis of this fact, some line patterns with convex structures were fabricated. Achieved groove and convex structures were used as a stamper for PDMS casting process.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.103-112
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• 2020

This study explores the effects of different pre-machining conditions on the deposition characteristics and mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel samples repaired using direct energy deposition (DED). In the DED repair process, defects such as pores and cracks can occur at the interface between the substrate and deposited material. In this study, we varied the shape of the pre-machined zone for repair in order to prevent cracks from occurring at the slope surface. After repairs by the DED process, macro-scale cracks were observed in samples that had been pre-machined with elliptic and trapezoidal grooves. In addition, it was not possible to completely prevent micro-crack generation on the sloped interfaces, even in the capsule-type grooved sample. From observation of the fracture surfaces, it was found that the cracks around the inclined interface were due to a lack of fusion between the substrate and the powder material, which led to low tensile properties. The specimen with the capsule-type groove provided the highest tensile strength and elongation (respective of 46% and 571% compared to the trapezoidal grooved specimen). However, the tensile properties were degraded compared to the non-repaired specimen (as-hot rolled material). The fracture characteristics of the repaired specimens were determined by the cracks at the sloped interfaces. These cracks grew and coalesced with each other to form macro-cracks, they then coalesced with other cracks and propagated to the substrate, causing final fracture.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.249-254
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• 2004

광의 효율적 사용을 위해 표면에 마이크로 그루브가 새겨진 고성능 광학 부품의 개발이 활발하고, 이들 부품의 다량 생산을 위한 초정밀 금형제조기술이 각광을 받고 있다. 최근의 초정밀 미세 기계가공의 경우 간단한 공정으로 이러한 마이크로 그루브 금형을 제작할 수 있다. 특히 조명각 변조용 렌티큘러 렌즈와 같이 실린더형 그루브 금형의 경우에는 기존의 Lithography, MEMS, LIGA 등 광 에너지를 이용한 다른 제조방법들에서는 가공하기 어려운 점이 있으나, 기계가공에서는 쉽게 제작가능한 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 미세기계가공기술의 장점을 활용하여 U 형 마이크로 그루브를 가진 Lenticular 렌즈용 금형을 가공하고자 하였다. 가공에는 3 축 구동의 초정밀 미세 복합가공기와 단결정 천연 다이아몬드공구가 사용되었고, 가공방식은 마이크로 세이핑 공정을 적용하였으며, 가공 금형 재료에는 Brass와 무전해 Nickel이 사용되었다. 실험을 통하여 금형가공시의 절삭력, 칩 형상, 가공표면 등의 분석이 수행되었으며 이를 기반으로 여러 가지 가공문제점을 해결하고, 최종적으로 양호한 렌티큘러렌즈용 금형을 가공하였다.