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VOLUME 7 / ISSUE 1 micro moulding
Aſter Small and Mini, Silicone Now Goes Micro, news from starlim//sterner Group, page 8
Advances in Micro Moulding, article by Enric Sirera, Ultrasion SL, pages 9–12
micro tooling micro metrology mems
Te World’s Smallest Precision Boring Head, micro tooling news from KAISER Precision Tooling Ltd, page 19
Thinking Outside the Bento Box, article by Richard Leach, Engineering Measurement, National Physical Laboratory, pages 20–23
MEMS Are a Watch’s Best Friend, article by Aurélie Pezous, Michel Despont, CSEM Neuchâtel, pages 28–31
Modelling Inertial Focusing in Straight and Curved Micro Fluidic Channels, article by Joseph Martel and Mehmet Toner, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Nagi Elabbasi,
new and emerging technologies
regulars
The First Company in the World for Printing Functional Ceramic Components, news from ADMATEC Europe, page 41
From the Editor, page 3
The Expert’s View, column by Nadeem Rizvi, page 18
Insider, column by Duc Pham, pages 47–48
Drill Bit Characterisation with the NPFLEX 3D Optical Microscope, case study by Deepak Sharma and Tom Stout, Bruker Nano Surfaces Division, pages 24–27
David Quinn, Jorgen Bergstrom, Veryst Engineering, pages 32–35
Te Genesis of a New Type of Electromagnetic Switch Based on Micro Fabrication, article by Stephen Day, Coto Technology Inc. and Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates, pages 36–40
on the cover
Front cover image courtesy of Accumold
Tis micro moulded star wheel gear is
approximately 4 mm in diameter and just under 1 mm in height. Te gear is moulded with Nylon 66
material and is part of an automotive application.
Because the profile of the tips are bearing
surfaces there are also very tight tolerances and flash-free requirements.
Micro Injection: So Much More than Litle Pieces of Plastic, article from Oscatech microinyección, pages 13–17
EOS and 3D-Micromac are Bringing Micro Laser Sintering Technology into a Newly-Established Business Enterprise, news on pages 42–43
Systemising a Trillion Sensor World, column by Steve Walsh, Job Elders, XSENS, and Robert Haak, Insight InterAsia, pages 44–46
Event Preview: Smart Systems Integration 2014, page 50
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