Application Lab – 1D/2D Ceramics

The 1D/2D Application Lab is a laboratory primarily dedicated to the shaping and processing of ceramic and glass materials when they are in planar or wire form. This includes printing processes such as screen printing, stencil printing and inkjet printing. The manufacture of flat substrates in ceramic materials is also covered in this laboratory. Flat surfaces sometimes require activation, which may be necessary to ensure that the layer adheres well to the substrate.

EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGIES

FUJIFILM Dimatix 2D Inkjet Printer – Resolution 5 – 254 μm dot pitch (100 – 5080 dpi), 25 µm dynamic positioning
Ceradrop ink jet printer – 256 ejection nozzles, 50 µm resolution, dynamic positioning of 3 µm, printing at 500 mm/s
Manual precision Screen/Stencil-printer – 290×280 mm printing area
Semi-automatic Plasma Cleaner Diener Zepto LF – 100 x 300 mm treatment chamber – Air, oxygen, argon
Strip casting bench

AUXILIARY PLATFORM EQUIPMENT

Zeta potential measurement (Application Lab – Rheology)
Viscosimeter (Application Lab – Rheology)
Liquid surface tension measurement (Application Lab – Rheology)
Minicer attrition mill

ASSOCIATED PROJECTS

Smartspray, Chromspray et Chromglass : Manufacture of low-cost electrochromic glass by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis