design and fabrication of multimaterial flexible mechanisms with ...
design and fabrication of multimaterial flexible mechanisms with ...
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32(1) Create mold <strong>and</strong> fixture(2) Place <strong>flexible</strong> component(I)(II)(III)(IV)(I-3) Selectively depositpart material A(II-3) Bulk depositpart material A(III-3) Selectively depositsacrificial material(IV-3) Bulk depositsacrificial material(I-4) Bulk depositpart material B(II-4) Selectively removepart material A(III-4) Bulk depositpart material A(IV-4) Selectively removesacrificial material(II-5) Bulk depositpart material B(III-5) Bulk removesacrificial material(IV-5) Bulk depositpart material A(III-6) Bulk depositpart material B(IV-6) Bulk removesacrificial material(IV-7) Bulk depositpart material BRemove fixtureFill fixture cavitiesExtract from moldFigure 3.5: Process chart for the four main methods for partial <strong>and</strong> cross-boundaryembedding: (I) selective material deposition, (II) selective material removal, (III)selective deposition <strong>of</strong> sacrificial material, (IV) selective removal <strong>of</strong> sacrificial material.