The essential of microfluidic device manufacturing

In microfluidic development process, the focus is on quickly and flexibly to create a small prototype microfluidic devices to evaluate, implement used in the manufacture of meet the performance requirements of equipment & quot; Proof of concept & quot; And before the microfluidic finalized product design, can perform product design, testing and optimization of multiple iterations. Before the main purpose of the process development is to expand the application of establishing the correct equipment design specifications.



fine processing, first is to increase production and reduce the cost per unit, the second is the process required professional Fan Tao scale to commercial scale. Amplify the microfluidic device development results according to the production need to know about integrated manufacturing system, this system not only includes replication process, include bonding, surface treatment and copy after the operation of interface and connection. In addition, still need to understand micro machining efficiency. In particular, the relationship between the quantity and unit cost determines when to transition from batch processing to continuous operation as well as the transition from a replication technology to another key decisions. In order to achieve these key decisions, ITL has developed a technical economic model that engineers can according to different production scene performing sensitivity analysis. Many engineers believe, wrongly, that the transition to a higher capacity of replication technology will automatically reduce the unit cost. In fact, the smallest unit costs are usually determined by the small machining system of other processes. The best small machining system to match the manufacture technology and the required quantity, in the process of eliminating the & quot; Bottleneck & quot; , a good system equipment unit costs will reduce the massive cost of enlarged.



batch production transfer fine processing technology to commercial volume during development technology packages ( PTP) To increase production. The transfer of technology to manufacture for each operation and development of micro manufacturing system standard operating procedures ( SOP) 。 In addition, it also need to train operators and technical staff to achieve the key performance indicators, including a repeatable and consistent quality control, yield and cycle time. In the end, may need to increase the size of the fine machining system to meet growing demand for products, you can achieve a smooth transition to a higher yield of production. As mentioned above, for fine processing system development technology allows you to predict in advance the next generation of technology and the need to optimize the current process, to further expand the scale.



ITL can according to customer's project flexible use of microfluidic technology to meet the needs of customers or market for the product, as one of the pioneers of microfluidic technology, life science, engineering and design new products of professional knowledge and rich experience in project, a perfect mastery of the coordination with microfluidic technology can be applied to, or use of machinery, electronics, software design and development of technology, established the standard of microfluidic technology control, and strive to remain at the forefront of technology, we are happy to share with the scientific community we constantly develop technical knowledge and practical experience, and successfully completed the microfluidic chip and related IVD diagnostic instrument development and manufacturing projects, is committed to meet customer demand for advanced innovative products around the world.