Real-cinematographic visualization of droplet ejection in thermal ink jets

Christian Rembe; Joachim Patzer; Eberhard P. Hofer; Peter Krehl

doi:10.1117/12.236987

29 March 1996 Real-cinematographic visualization of droplet ejection in thermal ink jets

Christian Rembe, Joachim Patzer, Eberhard P. Hofer, Peter Krehl

Proceedings Volume 2658, Color Imaging: Device-Independent Color, Color Hard Copy, and Graphic Arts; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236987
Event: Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Although thermal ink jet printers have gained a high market share there are still open questions left in the understanding of the processes in ink jet firing chambers. The experimental investigation of these processes is difficult due to the extremely short time durations of the different phenomena. For example, the bubble life time amounts to approximately 20 microsecond(s) . A new experimental set-up is presented to record phenomena of very short time duration like the bubble nucleation process and the beginning of droplet ejection. This set-up allows realcinematographic visualization with a local resolution of less than 1 micrometers and a time resolution of 10 ns. This also offers the possibility to investigate transient processes like the droplet ejection at high printing frequencies. The essential part of the set-up is a new high speed camera. With an exact evaluation of the digitized images the locus, velocity, and acceleration distributions of the phase interface from liquid to vapor/air can be measured. In addition the results of a numerical model with realistic geometry of the firing chamber and the nozzle have been compared with the experimental results to draw conclusions for pressure propagation in the vapor bubble.

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Christian Rembe, Joachim Patzer, Eberhard P. Hofer, and Peter Krehl "Real-cinematographic visualization of droplet ejection in thermal ink jets", Proc. SPIE 2658, Color Imaging: Device-Independent Color, Color Hard Copy, and Graphic Arts, (29 March 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.236987

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