To generate single molten droplet by one gas pulse is essential for molten metal pneumatic drop-on-demand(DOD)ejection. This experimental study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of single molten droplet DOD ejection with a proprietary molten metal pneumatic DOD ejection system. The ejection process was examined by dynamic pressure acquisition system and strobe photography system. Based on the molten droplet forming process recorded
the influence of pressure on generating molten droplet was revealed. For each single pulse
the number of generated molten droplets increased with the pulse width. The pinch-off time was affected by the peak pressure in the chamber. The variation of the range of the pulse width for generating single molten droplet with gas pulse pressure was determined
and the range became wider in the case of relatively low supply pressure. The results show that
within the single molten droplet generation window
the size of the molten droplets is not influenced significantly by changing the pulse width but the peak pressure in the chamber decreases with the pulse width; the velocity of the molten droplet decreases proportionally with the decreasing peak pressure.
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