Ballistic aerosol marking

Author

Volkel, A.R. ; Anderson, G.B. ; Endicott, F.J. ; Chow, E.M. ; Pattekar, A.V.

Author_Institution

Xerox PARC, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

16-20 June 2013

Firstpage

2385

Lastpage

2388

Abstract

Ballistic Aerosol Marking (BAM) is a radically new printing concept that combines the simplicity of a direct marking technique such as inkjet printing with the quality and color range/stability of Xerography. This is achieved by using high-speed gas jets as the transport fluid and Xerographic toner particles as the marking material. In this paper we will provide an introduction into this novel concept, discuss design considerations from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and electrostatics simulations, and show some proof-of-concept results from single channel experiments.

Keywords

aerosols; computational fluid dynamics; flow simulation; ink jet printing; jets; microchannel flow; photocopying; two-phase flow; ballistic aerosol marking; computational fluid dynamics; direct marking technique; electrostatic simulation; gas jet; inkjet printing; marking material; printing concept; transport fluid; xerographic toner particle; xerography; Atmospheric modeling; Computational fluid dynamics; Electrophotography; Ink; Neck; Printing; Printing; direct marking; electrostatic actuation; micro-fluidics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII), 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627286

Filename

6627286