Micro-manufacturing technology: the huge opportunity of thinking small

• Main Author: Ali, Mohammad Yeakub
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/2544/1/Keynote_Micro-manufacturing_technology-Speech_ICMMT_Xiamen_China_8-11_July_2011.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/2544/; http://www.icmmt.org/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Recently there is a rapid growth in micro-manufacturing technology especially in the areas of biomedical, electronics, automotive, and military applications. In micro-manufacturing, the dimension of the part range from few micrometers to few millimeters with sub-micrometer accuracy and nano-metric s...