Printing chamber XL

The CERES printing chamber holds the printing cell for electrochemical printing processes. Its size determines the printable area.

It consists of the following parts:

Base plate

Aluminum base plate with build-in locking and positioning mechanism. Although this base plate looks very similar to the printing chamber V3’s base plate, it is different: the depth is increased by 5mm to fit the higher chamber without changing the machine calibration (same printing height, same top camera position).

Attention

The printing chamber XL and the printing chamber V3 have a similar locking mechanism. The base plates and printing chambers must NEVER be mixed at the risk of damaging the CERES system. The height of the components is different between the V3 and XL printing chambers and using the wrong stack height will result in collisions.

Cell Body

Teflon part provided with a rigid anodized aluminum ring at the bottom

Cell Lid

Teflon part fitted with gold terminals to the chamber, a jumper connector and, a lemo plug to the XY stage sled

Working Electrode

The working electrode is composed by a single graphite piece. It can accomodate substrates of size 40x40mm.

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Substrate holder

A teflon parts cut to accomodate 40x40mm substrates

Teflon spring

Teflon part shaped like a truncated cone

Sealing o-ring

A FKM 70 66x2.5 o-ring

Cleaning

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 to the chamber cleaning procedures.

For precise instructions on how to assemble the printing chamber XL, please refer to the Prepare Printing Chamber XL SOP.