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Scalable manufacturing e quipment for production of mechatronic microsystems b ased on polymer film, laser milling and e- ink printing Coordinator : Markus Dickerhof, Karlsruhe Institute of T echnology. SMARTLAM ….
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Scalablemanufacturingequipmentforproductionofmechatronicmicrosystemsbased on polymer film, lasermillingand e-inkprinting Coordinator: Markus Dickerhof, Karlsruhe Institute ofTechnology
SMARTLAM … • … is about combining already existing rapid prototyping-, structuring- additive manufacturing technologies as well as assembly and production knowledge for system integration • … there´sstill a lotto do producecompletemicrosystems in a „Star-trek“-likemanner • …highly flexible, scalable cost efficient manufacturing environment for production of complete micro components in small medium series in one machine
Small- medium volume manufacturing of miniaturized 3D-Parts using Rapid Prototyping technologies LOM: Volume productionof Bioanalytical 2.5D-disposable withchannelwidth <50µm Source: AlineInc. Industrial useof rapid prototypingtechnologiesforsingleandsmallvolumeproductionhasreachedtheindustrialandconsumermarketintroduction. 3D- Manufacturing prototpyeofcomplexmechanicalsystems e.g. using FDM (Source: Stratasys) „lowcosttoolReplicator 2“ with double extruderfromMakerbot (ca. 80-100µm res.)) • Technologies: • Laminated Objects modeling (LOM) • Selective (Laser) Melting • 3D Printing (e.g. Fuseddeposition Modelling, FDM) • (Laser-)Sintering • Sterolithographymodelling (SLM) Testingof 3D metalprintingsystemforproductionof spare partsforthe ISS – the NASA electron beam freeform fabrication (EBF3)
Small/medium volume manufacturing of miniaturized 3D-Parts using Rapid Prototyping technologies • Systems arefocussingsolely on manufacturingofpartswithmechanicfunctionality • Manyofthemare still not preciseenough A setup, allowingtoproducemorecomplex, mechatronicsystemsbyuseof rapid prototpyingand additive manufacturingtechnologies in a costefficientwayis still missing Markus Dickerhof
SmartLAM 3D-I – Modular Hardware Conceptand flexible Re-Configuration Sheet tosheetLamination / Thermobonding Ink- /aerosol-jetprinting CO2 + ExcimerLaser cutting/milling
SMARTLAM – An Example… 3D-fluidic system Fluid lumen (eg. Buffer) Visualisation & User Interface polymer layer (Switchessimple displays,…) Througcontacting Polymer membranelayer patterned sensor and/or functionalized layer. - Printedelectronicslayer - e-contactinglayerprintedand/oranisotropic film Battery (printedor NIL.filmbased) Integration ofdiscretecomponents, e.g. IC and/or Memory (assembly) (pre-) structured polymer film actingascarriersystem/ housing /
An Opportunitytocreate Business in Emerging Markets - Electrophoresischipforbioanalyticaltesting - Customized LED forillumination 2 industrialdemonstrators+ 6 associatedpartners: DesignLED – Customizedhigh-end LED applications SMARTLAM addicted a completeworkpackagetothevalidationoftheeconomicaspects
SmartLAMproject: Timeline 10/2015 After 2015 :Increasingflexibility 03/2015 03/2014 03/2013
Thankyouforlistening! www.smartlam.eu markus.dickerhof@kit.edu