FUJIFILM Dimatix Materials Printer DMP-2850
Introduction
The operational procedure of an inkjet printer mainly involves the expulsion of a fixed volume of ink in a chamber through a sudden, quasi-adiabatic reduction of the camber volume via piezoelectric action. By adjusting the printing parameters, well-defined patterns can be printed on the substrate. In recent years, significant advancements have been made in the development of printers and printheads for functional printing purposes. Inkjet printers have gained prominence in the fabrication of solar cells due to their inherent advantages of rapid, precise, and maskless patterning. Inkjet printing technology has been utilized for texturization, doping, masking, and metallization for solar cells, employing different types of inks.
Description
- The DMP is a PC-controlled flat substrate scanning ink jet deposition system with user-fillable piezo-based jetting cartridges.
- Visual monitoring of the droplet jetting process and printed pattern inspection are available via built-in drop watcher and fiducial camera, respectively.
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) application software enables flexible pattern creation.
- Various jetting resolutions and frequencies can be selected.
Capabilities
- Printable area:
- Substrate < 0.5 mm thickness: 210 mm * 315 mm
- Substrate 0.5-25 mm thickness: 210 mm * 260 mm
- Baseplate temperature: ambient to 60 °C.
- Usable ink volume: up to 1.5 ml per cartridge.
- Materials: Many water-based solvents, acidic, or basic fluids. Surface tension: 28-42 dynes/cm at jetting temperature. Boilling points higher than 100 °C. A pH value between 4 and 9 is preferred.
- Drop volume: 1 picolitre nominal.
- Cartridge: Samba cartridge. 12 nozzles at 338.67 μm spacing. 10-12 cP viscosity fluids.
