Additive/Subtractive Material Processing for Mesoscopic Parts
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Mesoscopic additive/subtractive material processing (Meso A/SMP) is a solid freeform fabrication technique capable of producing engineering parts in mesoscopic (100 micron to several millimeters) scales. This process integrates silicon processing, electroplating, hot pressing, casting, and traditional machining methods to provide opportunities for 3D layer fabrication and parallel production, and opportunity to build small dimension parts. The proposed approach overcomes material constraints in MEMS fabrication and current layered manufacturing processes. In this paper, various manufacturing strategies are discussed for generating engineering parts with mesoscopic dimensions. In particular, processes to build components of magnetic field based micro motors and 3D thin airfoils are described.
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