Contol Technology for the Application of Fluid Bonding Agents

Abstract

The goal of this project was to enable an automated solution for the application of bonding agents to metallic bodies in the nanoliter range. For the automated application of adhesion promoters, a new control unit based on a mainboard for controlling 3D printers was used, with Marlin serving as the firmware. Adaptations were necessary in the area of motor currents, speeds, acceleration, sensitivity, print bed size and selection of mainboard and display. For the traverse paths, G-code was generated using a program in Python. For homogeneous and uniform wetting, the individual objects to be wetted are approached and the pipetting process is controlled. It was possible to establish the complete functionality.