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NIH3D

Chucks for KW spin coaters

Created by
Remi Rafael
Created:
11/1/26
Submitted:
11/1/26
Published:
11/1/26

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3DPX-023816

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CC-BY-SA
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Hardware & Devices
Devices and Hardware
Description

These designs are a series of chucks for KW spin coaters.
Three of them are adapted for silicon fragments of different sizes. They use O-rings of different sizes. The size is indicated in the file name with the first dimension being the outer diameter and the second dimension the ring thickness. O-rings are not strictly necessary for being air-tight, but mostly to increase the friction coefficient between the chuck and the sample.
Two more designs are adapted for glass slides and include a recess to center and maintain the sample. In this case the O-ring is not strictly necessary (the recess is enough to hold the sample) and one design does not use one.
I have tested all those designs printed in PLA tough with 3 walls and 25% infill up to the maximum speed of 10 000 rpm without issue.

All chucks
Coated glass slide
glass slide before coating