@article {18860,
	title = {Manufacturing of multi-material compliant mechanisms using multi-material molding},
	journal = {The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology},
	volume = {30},
	year = {2006},
	month = {2006///},
	pages = {1049 - 1075},
	abstract = {Multi-material compliant mechanisms enable many new design possibilities. Significant progress has been made in the area of design and analysis of multi-material compliant mechanisms. What is now needed is a method to mass-produce such mechanisms economically. A feasible and practical way of producing such mechanisms is through multi-material molding. Devices based on compliant mechanisms usually consist of compliant joints. Compliant joints in turn are created by carefully engineering interfaces between a compliant and a rigid material. This paper presents an overview of multi-material molding technology and describes feasible mold designs for creating different types of compliant joints found in multi-material compliant mechanisms. It also describes guidelines essential to successfully utilizing the multi-material molding process for creating compliant mechanisms. Finally, practical applications for the use of multi-material molding to create compliant mechanisms are demonstrated.},
	keywords = {engineering},
	isbn = {0268-3768},
	doi = {10.1007/s00170-005-0152-4},
	url = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/djk6wq2213447pqn/abstract/},
	author = {Gouker,Regina and Gupta, Satyandra K. and Bruck,Hugh and Holzschuh,Tobias}
}
