Exploration of Fine Lines Profile Effects in Flexographic Printing

Abstract:

Line profile is an important consideration in printing functional devices particularly in printing very fine line for electronic applications. Since laser machining provides the opportunity to apply extreme fine lines with different profiles where unachievable mechanically. Laser ablated printing plate are costly to produce, hence it is appropriate to investigate this within a computational framework beforehand. Therefore several designs will be investigated with different geometry as the variables using both linear elastic and non linear hyperelastic models. The results exhibits that finite element analysis serves appropriately as an exploration tool where it worked well with experimental results.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 315)
• Pages: 458-462
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.315.458
• Online since: April 2013
• Authors: Mohd Sallehuddin Yusof, Z. Said, M.I. Maksud
• Keywords: Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Flexography Printing, Solid Fine Lines

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DOI: 10.1201/9781315140216-71

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