Title :
A micro-EDM/assembly system unit for microparts fabrication
Author :
Langen, H.H. ; Masuzawa, T. ; Fujino, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A new method is introduced for the fabrication and assembly of high aspect ratio microparts. Pins with a diameter of 100 μm are produced by wire electrodischarge grinding (WEDG) and connected into a thin plate. Defining such a pin/plate assembly as a workstation means that it can be used as tool workstation or subassembly workstation in a more compound assembly process. The tool workstation is used to machine the inside shape of a workpiece by reverse micro-EDM (RMEDM) to enable it for further assembly purposes. A more complicated assembly process is described, taking the fabrication of a micro ion beam emitter as an example. After the applicability of the assembly method is shown, the RMEDM process characteristics of the tool workstation is studied. The machining conditions are improved in order to produce a micropart with an inside shape with higher accuracy within reasonable machining time
Keywords :
assembling; factory automation; machining; workstations; high aspect ratio microparts; machining time; micro ion beam emitter; micro-EDM assembly system; micropart; microparts fabrication; pin plate assembly; subassembly workstation; wire electrodischarge grinding; workstation; Assembly systems; Electrodes; Fabrication; Ion beams; Machining; Pins; Shape control; Textile industry; Wire; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1993. Design and Operations of Intelligent Factories. Workshop Proceedings., IEEE 2nd International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Palm Cove-Cairns, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0985-5
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.1993.396406
