Abstract
The increased industrial interest in miniaturization of ‘’mechatronic’’ products is driving the demand for manufacturing platforms that can address the requirements for scale up production of parts that incorporate different scales functional features. The paper reports the development of such manufacturing platform, which integrates the capabilities of complementary component technologies, in particular 3D printing, 3D optical scanning, data processing, micro-milling and laser micro-machining , and thus to produce products with meso and micro features with required accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility and surface integrity. The necessary level of functional integration of the modules is achieved through the development of a specialized workholding device and automated workpiece’s setting up routines, which allow different machining configurations and strategies to be implemented for increased processing efficiency. Case studies are presented to demonstrate the capability of the proposed micro manufacturing platform.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF2014) |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Oct 2014 |