Abstract
The current paper presents the development of an 8 Pin RIC (Receiver in the canal) Socket for hearing instruments within the framework of the COTECH project. There are 8 industrial demonstrators developed in COTECH based on the converged product and process design. Sonion’s 8 Pin RIC Socket is one of them. 8 Pin RIC Socket is a functionally versatile product which can combine many different functions and presents many advantages compared with the previous 3 Pin RIC Socket. For the demonstrator production of the new Socket, two different production concepts were chosen- one based on semi-automated process and the other one is fully automated process. This paper presents the entire process chain for both the concepts and makes a comparative analysis based on the experimental investigation and validation. The work presented here can be a source of valuable information for industrial users and researchers working with micro production of metal-plastic hybrid components.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture |
Editors | Humbert Noll, Nadja Adamovic, Stefan Dimov |
Publisher | Research Publishing Services |
Publication date | 2012 |
Pages | 241-249 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-981-07-3353-7 |
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Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Event | 9th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2012) - Vienna, Austria Duration: 9 Oct 2012 → 11 Oct 2012 http://www.4m-association.org/conference/2012 |
Conference
Conference | 9th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2012) |
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Country/Territory | Austria |
City | Vienna |
Period | 09/10/2012 → 11/10/2012 |
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Keywords
- 8 Pin RIC Socket
- Hearing aid
- Injection moulding
- Metal insert