Summary
The Hi-Micro project intends to realise an innovative approach for the design, manufacturing and quality control of tool inserts to achieve significant breakthrough in mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, through further developing both enabling manufacturing technologies, including additive manufacturing (AM), micro electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM), micro electro-chemical machining (micro-ECM) and micro-milling, and unique metrology and quality control methods such as computer-tomography (CT) metrology and digital holography. Together with industrial technology providers, the Hi-Micro project will further bolster the performance of industrial equipment for mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, through modular design of tool insert units with improved thermal management capability, development of on-machine handling system and in-line quality control device. Activities will run over the entire value chain of mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, from product and tool insert design, manufacturing of tool inserts, micro injection moulding processes, to the production equipment and quality control in the whole production chain.
In order to tackle the identified challenges and critical problems, the Hi-Micro project will provide radical innovations and major breakthroughs as follows:
- Development of design and tolerance guidelines for advanced micro manufacturing of components (nominal size
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Web resources: |
http://www.hi-micro.eu
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/314055 |
Start date: | 01-10-2012 |
End date: | 30-09-2015 |
Total budget - Public funding: | 5 150 146,00 Euro - 3 499 997,00 Euro |
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Original description
The Hi-Micro project intends to realise an innovative approach for the design, manufacturing and quality control of tool inserts to achieve significant breakthrough in mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, through further developing both enabling manufacturing technologies, including additive manufacturing (AM), micro electrical discharge machining (micro-EDM), micro electro-chemical machining (micro-ECM) and micro-milling, and unique metrology and quality control methods such as computer-tomography (CT) metrology and digital holography. Together with industrial technology providers, the Hi-Micro project will further bolster the performance of industrial equipment for mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, through modular design of tool insert units with improved thermal management capability, development of on-machine handling system and in-line quality control device. Activities will run over the entire value chain of mass production of precision 3D micro-parts, from product and tool insert design, manufacturing of tool inserts, micro injection moulding processes, to the production equipment and quality control in the whole production chain.In order to tackle the identified challenges and critical problems, the Hi-Micro project will provide radical innovations and major breakthroughs as follows:
• Development of design and tolerance guidelines for advanced micro manufacturing of components (nominal size
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FoF.NMP.2012-5Update Date
27-10-2022
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Manufacturing performance characteristics
Comment: It can be claimed zero-waste of mwterial by using additive manufacturing. But this claim is not true in the perspective of the full process chain.
Comment: Difficult to estimate. But the scrap rate of the micro-injection moulded parts is reduced dramatically.
Technologies and enablers
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Result items:
The enabling technologies covered by realizing this demonstrator are suitibale for manufacturing a large number of metals and metallic alloys.
Result items:
This demonstrator is a critical part in a high-end watch.
Result items:
Industrial printing on high-end tiles
Result items:
Consumables (printers at offices and homes)