Additional projects / Fluids & cooling
Adjustable syringe mechanisms
Manual stops and a motor-driven plunger explored for controlling syringe volume.
Open the numbered review →Manual and powered adjustments
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Syringe mechanisms from my microfluidics experiments, which involved small amounts of liquid. The two smaller syringes have screw-adjustable stops to change the plunger position and available volume. The larger mechanism uses a motor-driven screw to move the plunger, with limit switches at the ends of its travel.
Another view of the two manually adjustable syringe stops and the motor-driven syringe mechanism. I no longer recall the exact microfluidic experiment these supported.
A further view of the syringe mechanisms: screw-adjustable stops on the smaller syringes, alongside the powered plunger mechanism and its travel-limit switches.