Metallic microgripper with SU-8 adaptor as end-effectors for heterogeneous micro/nano assembly applications

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  • K. Kim
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This paper presents design, fabrication, and characterization of easy-to-handle electroplated nickel microgrippers with SU-8 adaptors for heterogeneous micro/nano assembly applications. Two distinctive designs of microgrippers as end-effectors of micro/nano assembly applications have been developed in this work. The first design is 200 lm thick electroplated nickel microgripper with a plastic mechanical displacement amplifier that is driven by a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator is capable of creating 5 lm displacement which is amplified to 10 lm by the plastic mechanical amplifier and finally such displacement generates 50–139 lm microgripper tip displacement. The second design is 20 lm thick electroplated nickel microgripper embedded in SU-8 adaptor for easy-to-handle operation. The second design is electro-thermally actuated using a set of jouleheated bent beams. With applied actuation voltage in the range of 2–4 V, the microgripper generates tip displacement of 4–32 lm. Extensive thermal and mechanical finite element modeling have been carried out and measurement results were compared with the simulation results. Such developed easy-to-handle microgrippers can be used for micro/nano pick-and-place assembly applications.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004