Micro-Assembly Technologies and Applications

Micro-assembly is a key enabling technology for cost effective manufacture of new generations of complex micro products. It is also a critical technology for retaining mdustrial capabilities in high labour cost areas such as Europe since up to 80% of the production cost in some industries is attributed directly to assembly processes. With the continuous trend for product miniaturisation, the scientific and technologi cal developments in micro-assembly are expected to have a significant long-term economic, demographic and social impact. A distinctive feature of the process is that surface forces are often dominant over gravity forces, which determines a number of specific technical challenges. Critical areas which are currently being addressed include development of assembly systems with high positional accuracy, micro gripping methods that take into ac count the adhesive surface forces, high precision micro-feeding techniques and mi cro-joining processes. Micro-assembly has developed rapidly over the last few years and all the pre dictions are that it will remain a critical technology for high value products in a number of key sectors such as healthcare, communications, defence and aerospace. The key challenge is to match the significant technological developments with a new generation of micro products that will establish firmly micro-assembly as a core manufacturing process.

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Design of Micro Products.- Application of a DF?A Methodology to facilitate the assembly of a Micro/Nano Measurement Device.- A DFA Framework for Hybrid Microsystems.- Statistical Assemblies with form Errors A 2D Example.- A Classification and Coding System for Micro-Assembly.- A Method for Three Dimensional Tolerance Analysis and Synthesis Applied to Complex and Precise Assemblies.- New Designs for Submillimetric Press-Fitting.- Design and Testing of an Ortho-Planar Micro-Valve.- Robust Design of a Lens System of Variable Refraction Power with Respect to the Assembly Process.- Micro-Assembly Processes and Applications.- Product-Process Ontology for Managing Assembly Specific Knowledge Between Product Design and Assembly System Simulation.- Bridging the Gap from Process Related Documentation to an Integrated Process and Application Knowledge Management in Micro Systems Technology.- Distributed Simulation in Manufacturing Using High Level Architecture.- Adaptive Packaging Solution for a Microlens Array Placed Over a Micro-UV-LED Array.- Solder Bumping A Flexible Joining Approach for the Precision Assembly of Optoelectronical Systems.- Fluidassem - A New Method of Fluidic-Based Assembly with Surface Tension.- Concepts for Hybrid Micro Assembly Using Hot Melt Joining.- Application of Microstereolithography Technology in Micromanufacturing.- In Situ Microassembly.- Interest of the Inertial Tolerancing Method in the Case of Watch Making Micro Assembly.- Precision Assembly of Active Microsystems with a Size-Adapted Assembly System.- Assembly of Osseous Fragments in Orthopaedic Surgery: The Need for New Standards of Evaluation.- Gripping and Feeding Solutions for Micro-Assembly.- A Critical Review of Releasing Strategies in Microparts Handling.- A Low CostCoarse/Fine Piezoelectrically Actuated Microgripper with Force Measurement Adapted to Eupass Control Structure.- Development of A Monolithic Shape Memory Alloy Manipulator.- Statically Determined Gripper Construction.- Precision Positioning down to Single Nanometres Based on Micro Harmonic Drive Systems.- Assembly of a Micro Ball-Bearing using a Capillary Gripper and a Microcomponent Feeder.- Pneumatic Contactless Microfeeder, Design Optimisation and Experimental Validation.- Pneumatic Positioning System for Precision Assembly.- Manufacturing of Devices for the Parallel Precision Alignment of Multiple Micro Components.- Towards a Traceable Infrastructure for Low Force Measurements.- When Manufacturing Capability Exceeds Control Capability: The Paradox of High Precision Products, or is it Possible to Assemble Functional Products out of Components we are Unable to Measure?.- Impact Forces Reduction for High-Speed Micro-Assembly.- Development of Micro-Assembly Production Systems.- Strategies and Devices for a Modular Desktop Factory.- A Decision Making Tool for Reconfigurable Assembly Lines Eupass Project.- Standardised Interface and Construction Kit for Micro-Assembly.- Towards a Publish / Subscribe Control Architecture for Precision Assembly with the Data Distribution Service.- Smart Assembly Data and Model Driven.- Man-Robot Cooperation New Technologies and New Solutions.- Integration of Design and Assembly Using Augmented Reality.- Concept for an Industrial Ubiquitous Assembly Robot.