Hi Sandeep, To know how much force you can apply on cantilever you must calculate it theotically. You must know the thickness of your cantilever, lenght of the cantilever and then accordindly calculate the force you need to apply. You can find the formula in any MEMS book for example in Handbook of Sensors and Actuators by M-H.Bao. There are different formuls for different cantilever....depending on fixed, Double clamed, single clamed...etc. I hope this helps. Arti ----- Original Message ----- From:To: Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:00 PM Subject: MEMS-talk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 30 > Send MEMS-talk mailing list submissions to > mems-talk@memsnet.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mems-talk-request@memsnet.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mems-talk-owner@memsnet.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MEMS-talk digest..." > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ANSYS ESSOLV modelling ? (Zhili Hao) > 2. Re: Convection coeff for an assembled component ! > (Michael D Martin) > 3. MEMS cantilever (sandeep c) > 4. How to remove carbon from Ta film (Suhua Jiang) > 5. adhesion of oxide to evaprated chromium (Anna Ohlander) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > MEMS-talk mailing list > MEMS-talk@memsnet.org > http://mail.mems-exchange.org/mailman/listinfo/mems-talk >