MICRO-FAST | A FAST process and production system for high-throughput, highly flexible and cost-efficient volume production of miniaturised components made of a wide range of materials
01-09-2013
-28-02-2017
Organisation ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSE AG
Comments Extremely short processing-time, direct manufacture, very short process-chain and innovative highly efficient CNC type machine system can achieve sensible reduction of manufacturing costs.
Final Report Summary - MICRO-FAST (A FAST process and production system for high-throughput, highly flexible and cost-efficient volume production of miniaturised components made of a wide range of materials) Result title Final Report Summary - MICRO-FAST (A FAST process and production system for high-throughput, highly flexible and cost-efficient volume production of miniaturised components made of a wide range of materials
Micro-FAST prototype machine Result description The machine can be used to manufacture miniature to micro-sized components with a range of powder materials, including metals, ceramics, MMCs, WC, cermets, etc. that are difficult-to-form and difficult-to-cut
RP 1.7 High Volume Manufacturing at the micro- and nano-scale Taxon description stages, the integration of different machines into a system.
Supply chain and value network efficiency Comments Extremely short processing-time, direct manufacture, very short process-chain and innovative highly efficient CNC type machine system can achieve sensible reduction of manufacturing costs.