Internal geometry — X-ray
See-through internal view. Left: fluid footprint in plan, true scale (teal); ports show as the wider circles. Right: isometric of the internal void, vertical z exaggerated 3× for visibility. The exterior is an opaque solid block — this is what is inside it.
Download: PNG (x-ray)
Longitudinal section & exterior
Longitudinal section at y=0 (left): grey = solid, white = channel + bores. Exterior isometric (right): the outside of the CAD model, drawn opaque. Click either for full resolution.
Download: PNG (section) · PNG (top) · PNG (iso)
Description
A single monolithic block for resin SLA (Phrozen Sonic Mighty 12K, 19 × 24 µm non-square) with one straight rectangular channel 150 µm deep × 2500 µm wide, running the full 20 mm port-to-port at mid-height, a solid floor below and ceiling above, and two Ø1.5 mm vertical access bores to the top surface. Footprint 24.5 × 5.5 × 1.95 mm.
Verification
| metric | value |
|---|---|
| Channel cross-section (H × W) — target | 150 × 2500 µm |
| Channel length | 20 mm |
| Footprint (L × W × H) | 24.5 × 5.5 × 1.95 mm |
| Channel volume — analytic (nominal) | 7.500 µL |
| Channel volume — measured on the model's mesh | 7.650 µL |
| Δ (mesh − analytic) | +2.00% — uniform 0.4 mm boolean overrun; cross-section exact |
| Void watertight | True |
| Void connected bodies | 1 — bore→channel→bore continuous |
| Chip watertight | True |
| Chip Euler number | 0 — genus-1: one cavity, two vents |
| Min feature vs Phrozen 12K X (px_min = 150/19) | 7.89 px |
| Min feature vs Phrozen 12K Y (px_min = 150/24) | 6.25 px |
All geometry checks run with trimesh (merged vertices) on the exported STLs. See the bundled README for the full method.
Print adaptation
Target dimensions are what the design aims at; drawn dimensions are what its CAD model is drawn at. Where the two are the same number, no feature was resized to print.
Credits
Design: Ali Tahmasbizadeh, Gale Lab, University of Utah.
Files to download
- SCAD
channel_150x2500um_20mm.scad9.8 KBDownload - STL
channel_150x2500um_20mm.stl209.2 KBDownload - STL
void_channel_150x2500um_20mm.stl207.2 KBDownloadFor inspection, not for printing: the fluid network, every space that holds liquid, as a solid. - PNG
channel_150x2500um_20mm_xray.png137.2 KBDownload - PNG
channel_150x2500um_20mm_section.png19.5 KBDownload - MD
README.md2.2 KBDownload