Simpler Mass Production of Polymeric Visual Decoys for the Male Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilusplanipennis)
Simpler Mass Production of Polymeric Visual Decoys for the Male Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilusplanipennis)作者机构:Department of lndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering Western Michigan University Kalamazoo Michigan 49008 USA Department of Engineering Seience & Mechanics Pennsylvania State University Univelitv Park Pennwlvania 16802 USA
出 版 物:《Journal of Bionic Engineering》 (仿生工程学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2015年第12卷第2期
页 面:263-269页
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学科分类:0820[工学-石油与天然气工程] 08[工学] 09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 090402[农学-农业昆虫与害虫防治] 082002[工学-油气田开发工程]
主 题:artificial visual decoy bioreplication Confomlal-Evaporated-Film-by-Rotation (CEFR) method electroforming,Emerald Ash Borer negative die
摘 要:Polymeric visual decoys of beetle of an invasive species called the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, are highly efficacious in luring and trapping EAB males. Although industrially scalable, the bioreplication process to t)tbricate these decoys involves several operational steps. In a simpler bioreplication process devised by us, a multi-cavity negative die of nickel is made from an array of several EAB females. This die is used to fabricate multiple decoys simultaneously by casting and ihermal curing of poly(dimethyl siloxane). Finally, the decoys are sprayed by first a black paint and then a metallic green paint. The new bioreplication process has considerably fewer operational steps than its predecessor and can be adopted by industry.