Accessories

Iontips

Used for XY calibration, printing or simple as protection for transporting or storing the printing head.

Bottom view of consumable including cantilever

Side view of consumable incl. tip geometry

Consumable holder

Used for calibration and iontips gripping and dropping.

Warning

Use only A1, A3, C1 and C3 slots! Always store probes back in their blister or in the holder rack mounted on a wellplate before removing the consumable holder from the printer.

Consumable holder rack for storage

Placed on top of a wellplate filled with a storage liquid, tips can be stored in each slot for hours. The ink reservoir tends to dry first: to avoid it, the holder rack can be covered with a lint free wipe kept humid, closed with the wellplate lid.

Wellplate

Used to hold various liquids (water, electrolyte, etchant,…) for setup and cleaning purposes. The wellplate used must suit the wellplate defined in the software. To use other wellplates, their new plate definition must be defined.

Calibration plate

Used during the installation, calibration and maintenance step. Please store it properly to avoid dust deposition on the plate. The glass slide displays a 1*1mm ruler in the center used for various calibration procedures. The aluminum plate has a hole (not anodized) which is used in the XY stage calibration step. When placing the calibration plate in the printer (left port), make sure to push it at its maximum top left position to get consistent measurements.

Printing chamber

Printing chamber holds the printing cell for electrochemical printing processes. To clean the carbon parts, Teflon parts and O-rings in contact with the electrolyte, washing with deionized water is usually sufficient if the same supporting electrolyte is used. For in-depth washing, please refer the chamber cleaning procedures.

To remove the substrate, turn by two steps the sample with the tool:

Spare sealing screws and O-rings

Spare parts are delivered with the system:

• noze O-rings (head side)
• consumable O-rings (probe side)
• a spare sealing screw already assembled with a consumable O-ring.

Probe lever

A small steel needle used to open the grippers of the printing head and to release or grip consumables by hand during installation or maintenance steps.