Details of Grant

EPSRC Reference:

EP/K018345/1

Title:

Miniature Flexible & Reconfigurable Manufacturing System for 3D Micro-products

Principal Investigator:

Other Investigators:

Dunnigan, Dr M	Jiang, Professor Dame X	Kong, Dr X
Ion, Professor W	Qin, Professor Y

Researcher Co-Investigators:

Project Partners:

Gyrus Medical Ltd

Renishaw

Ultra Precision Motion Ltd

Department:

Design Manufacture and Engineering Man

Organisation:

University of Strathclyde

Scheme:

Standard Research

Starts:

01 July 2013

Ends:

31 December 2017

Value (£):

2,109,986

EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:

Manufacturing Machine & Plant

Microsystems

EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:

Manufacturing

Related Grants:

Panel History:

Panel Date	Panel Name	Outcome
26 Nov 2012	Flexible & Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Panel	Announced

Summary on Grant Application Form

The proposal attempt to set out a new agenda to create an integrated miniature flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing system to deliver to UK industry disruptive and transformative technology for the next generation of high added-value micro-products. The proposed research will focus on the development of underlying techniques, such as embedded sensors for on-line metrology, parallel robots for 3D materials handling and assembly, multiscale modelling and hybrid micromachining approach, which are core techniques for future flexible micro-manufacturing process. The project is grounded on the consortium's immense experience in surface metrology, robotics, machine tool design, micromachining and microforming, with industrial partners being leading experts from machine-tool, metrology, medical instrument and photonics manufacturers. The research will start from a very solid baseline in technology achieved from previous several successful EPSRC and EU projects in this subject area.

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