Specific Process Knowledge/Polymer Processing/Coating/Inkjet Printer
The content on this page, including all images and pictures, was created by DTU Nanolab staff, unless otherwise stated.
Feedback on this page: click here
Inkjet printer
The inkjet printer is an Autodrop Gantry II printing system bought in 2020 and installed in PolyFabLab in 2025. It is a modular XYZ positioning platform for contact-less, piezo-driven inkjet dispensing. It drives interchangeable dispenser heads, Autopipettes, or piezo valves rather than a single fixed printhead, and is intended for precision deposition of inks, polymers, and other functional fluids on chips, wafers, and other flat substrates — for process development, prototyping, and small-batch work rather than high-throughput production.
The user manual and contact information for the inkjet printer can be found on LabManager LabManager - requires login
| Purpose | Contactless, drop-on-demand deposition of inks/fluids for materials and pattern printing |
|---|---|
| Working principle | Piezo-driven drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet |
| Dispensing volume | Picoliter to microliter per drop, head-dependent |
| Nozzle diameter | 30–80 µm, head-dependent |
| Number of heads | Up to 4x dispenser heads, Autopipettes, or piezo valves |
| Travel range | 300 mm x 300 mm x 100 mm (X/Y/Z), scalable |
| Positioning accuracy | ±20 µm |
| Repetition accuracy | ±5 µm |
| Substrate handling | Vacuum table/holder — free choice of assembly |
| Substrate batch | 1 (single substrate per run, standard configuration) |