EMERGE: Multi-electrode setup fabrication for micro machining applications using LIGA technology - mini-press setup and direct electrode fabrication

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 00.0327
• Projekttitel Englisch: EMERGE: Multi-electrode setup fabrication for micro machining applications using LIGA technology - mini-press setup and direct electrode fabrication

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Liga; wire electrodischarge machining; multiple electrode setups; electro chemical machining

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: HPRI-1999-00023

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 4.2 Agriculture and agroindustry

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

See abstract

Partner und Internationale Organisationen (Englisch)

Coordinator: Institut für Mikrotechnik, Mainz (D)

Abstract (Englisch)

MICRO ELECTRODE FABRICATION USING LIGA TECHNOLOGY OR WIRE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING TECHNOLOGY IS STUDIED FOR THE APPLICATION OF 3D MICROSTRUCTURING. RESEARCHED IS THE MICRO ELECTROCHEMICAL MACHINING (ECM) OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AS COPPER OR TITANIUM, AND THE SPARK ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING OF GLASS MATERIALS USING MULTIPLE ELECTRODE SETUPS.
IN THESE APPLICATIONS, MICRO ELECTRODE FABRICATION IN LARGER BATCH QUANTITIES IS IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL THROUGHPUT.
IMM IN MAINZ (GERMANY) WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICE OF ELECTRODE FABRICATION OF A SET OF MINIATURE ELECTRODES ON A WAFER USING LIGA (WITH EXISTING MASK) OR USING WIRE ELECTRODISCHARGE MACHINING.
EPFL IN LAUSANNE (SWITZERLAND) IS RESEARCHING PROCESSES AS SPARK ASSISTED ETCHING FOR THE MICROSTRUCTURING OF GLASS (SNSF PROJECT) AND MICRO ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS (EPFL PROJECT).
MICROSTRUCTURING WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODE SETUPS IS STUDIED AND COMPARED WITH SINGLE TOOL ELECTRODE MICROSTRUCTURING. A VISION SYSTEM (MICROSCOPE, DIGITAL CAMERA AND PARTLY SELF-DEVELOPED SOFTWARE) WAS INSTALLED FOR FEEDBACK PURPOSES. THIS WAS DONE AS PART OF A STUDENT'S SEMESTER PROJECT.

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 00.0327