The tool and mould maker Quarder was asked to produce an injection-compression mould for the manufacture of a component in microfluid technology. However, the requirements were extensive, even for experts.
Highly complex contour areas required the smallest cutter diameters with 5-µm accuracy on 384 measuring fields, and extremely long machine runtimes: The Spe-Chip microfluidic sample carrier mould was in a league of its own. The toolmaking department at Erwin Quarder Systemtechnik in Espelkamp in Germany's Eastern Westphalia managed the project with support from Moldino.