The last ten years have been fundamental in the development of new microassembly devices and environment. Many prototypical assembly and manufacturing systems for building hybrid microproducts have been successfully conceived and tested. One of the most interesting was the microfactory concept, spread out in the year 2000. the microfactory was defined as a micro fabrication system contained in a very small space. This keynote paper starts from the microassembly problems, presents the state of the art about the microfactories around the world, highlights the most promising R&D approaches in this field and finally presents some new solutions for hybrid microproducts assembly.
Microfactories: Present And Future
SANTOCHI, MARCO;FANTONI, GUALTIERO;
2008-01-01
Abstract
The last ten years have been fundamental in the development of new microassembly devices and environment. Many prototypical assembly and manufacturing systems for building hybrid microproducts have been successfully conceived and tested. One of the most interesting was the microfactory concept, spread out in the year 2000. the microfactory was defined as a micro fabrication system contained in a very small space. This keynote paper starts from the microassembly problems, presents the state of the art about the microfactories around the world, highlights the most promising R&D approaches in this field and finally presents some new solutions for hybrid microproducts assembly.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
