Abstract

Microfluidic Consumable : Transition From Development Stage to Production Stage

Sebastian Stöckeler, Senior Vice President, z-microsystems

In early-stage developments of microfluidic devices, many tasks have to be covered like the biological solutions, fluidic systems, instrument ….
Development groups who take care of the microfluidic designs, often rely on prototyping technologies with the core focus on costs and lead-time rather the design for manufacturing for a scalable plastic part. The outcome is often designs, tolerances, and materials that are far away from production robustness and scalability. “MAKE A PRODUCT FOR THE WORLD MARKET” should be the slogan from the beginning to not run into iteration issues which could have been eliminated in the earlier stages. In this presentation, common topics in this transition stage of fluidic designs will be high-lighted and explained what different requirements mean in terms of injection molding tool manufacturing approaches but also in terms of production of the product.