Microassembly system with controlled environment

Zhou, Quan; Albut, Aurelian; Chang, Bong‐Soon; Corral, Carlos del; Koivo, H.N.

doi:10.1163/156856304773954304

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“…The need for increased production conformity, or yield, leads to the implementation of (universal) micro assembly cells. Much effort has been performed to design these universal assembly cells that meet the agility of human operators [15,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Secondly, cost analyses have been performed to justify the application of these cells in an economical context [16,28,29].…”

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Agile Multi-parallel Micro Manufacturing Using a Grid of Equiplets

Puik

Moergestel

2010

Precision Assembly Technologies and Systems

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Abstract. Unlike manufacturing technology for semiconductors and printed circuit boards, the market for traditional micro assembly lacks a clear public roadmap. More agile manufacturing strategies are needed in an environment in which dealing with change becomes a rule instead of an exception.In this paper, an attempt is made to bring production with universal micro assembly cells to the next level. This is realised by placing a larger number of cells, called Equiplets, in a "Grid". Equiplets are compact and low-cost manufacturing platforms that can be reconfigured to a broad number of applications.Benchmarking Equiplet production has shown reduced time to market and a smooth transition from R&D to Manufacturing. When higher production volumes are needed, more systems can be placed in parallel to meet the manufacturing demand. Costs of product design changes in the later stage of industrialisation have been reduced due to the modular production in grids, which allows the final design freeze to be postponed as late as possible.The need for invested capital is also pushed backwards accordingly.

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Section: Production In the Micro Domain Using "Equiplets"mentioning

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Agile Multi-parallel Micro Manufacturing Using a Grid of Equiplets

Puik

Moergestel

2010

Precision Assembly Technologies and Systems

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“…A different focus on the environmental influences on microassembly processes as well as the construction of a controlled climate system can be found in (Zhou et al 2004). The assembly system has 3 DOF and is installed inside an environmental chamber that allows controlling temperature and humidity.…”

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A Microassembly System for the Flexible Assembly of Hybrid Robotic Mems Devices

Probst¹,

Hürzeler²,

Borer³

et al. 2009

International Journal of Optomechatronics

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This paper presents a full 6 DOF microassembly system that features a novel remote center of motion configuration paired with advanced vision and illumination modules, as well as innovative user interaction concepts. Even though the semi-automatic design is primarily focused on the assembly of 3D bio-microrobotic devices out of individual 2.5D MEMS components, it can be configured for a large variety of assembly tasks. A gripper exchange mechanism allows reaching for parts with dimensions ranging from 5-800 m and a micro-fabricated platform featuring a special pattern provides a structured working area. The assembly of a miniature bio-microrobot is presented to demonstrate the dexterity and powerful features of this system. The underlying microassembly station combines multiple concepts for another step towards full manipulation automation in industrial and research applications.

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“…Applications of microhandling lie in the areas such as microassembly, microsurgery, and various biotechnology operations. For example, microhandling has been applied in assembly of microrobotic structures [16][17][18]25] and MEMS components [9,22,26]; minimally invasive examination and surgery [27]; minimally invasive microhandling of microbe [20]; intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection [28]; ophthalmic surgery [29]; manipulation of DNA [30,31]; manipulation of carbon nanotube [32]; manipulation of micro particles [10].…”

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“…Microhandling can be carried out by contact methods, mostly mechanical [2,4,7,9,13,16,18,[22][23][24][25][26], or various non-contact methods such as optical pressure [1,3,12,20], acoustic and ultrasonic wave [10,[33][34][35], magnetic field [18,36], electrical field [21], or a combination of several methods. The environment of microhandling can be air, liquid or vacuum (often in an SEM).…”

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Automatic dextrous microhandling based on a 6-DOF microgripper

Zhou¹,

Korhonen²,

Laitinen³

et al. 2006

Journal of Micromechatronics

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The demand for automatic quality inspection of individual micro components increases strongly in micro optoelectronics industry. In many cases, quality inspection of those micro components needs dexterous microhandling. However, automatic dexterous handling of micro components is a very challenging issue which is barely explored. This paper presents a high-DOF (degrees of freedom) automatic dexterous handling and inspection system for micro optoelectronic components using a novel 6-DOF piezoelectric microgripper. The control system includes three hierarchical layers: actuator control layer, motion planning layer, and mission control layer. Machine vision is applied in automatic manipulation. The performance of the system is demonstrated in a vision based automatic inspection task for 100 300 300 × × μm sized optoelectronics components and reached a cycle time of s 3 . 0 1 . 7 ± .

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Microassembly system with controlled environment

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Agile Multi-parallel Micro Manufacturing Using a Grid of Equiplets

Agile Multi-parallel Micro Manufacturing Using a Grid of Equiplets

A Microassembly System for the Flexible Assembly of Hybrid Robotic Mems Devices

Automatic dextrous microhandling based on a 6-DOF microgripper

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