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- The papers in this volume were peer-reviewed and carefully selected
- Much information in this series is published in advance of journal publication
- The contributors in this volume are world-renowned experts in their field
Part of the book series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (IFIPAICT, volume 260)
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Conference proceedings info: IPAS 2008.
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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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Table of contents (40 papers)
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Front Matter
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Design of Micro Products
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Front Matter
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Methods and Solutions for Micro-Product Design
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Micro-Assembly Processes and Applications
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Process Modelling for Micro-Assembly
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High Precision Packaging and Assembly Processes
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Micro-Assembly Technologies and Applications
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Micro-Assembly Technologies and Applications
Book Subtitle: IFIP TC5 WG5.5 Fourth International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS'2008) Chamonix, France, February 10-13, 2008
Editors: Svetan Ratchev, Sandra Koelemeijer
Series Title: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77405-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77402-2Published: 15 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4591-4Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77405-3Published: 12 March 2008
Series ISSN: 1868-4238
Series E-ISSN: 1868-422X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 416
Topics: Circuits and Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)