Open AccessAdvances in the TUT Microfactory Concept Development
Author(s) -
Riku Heikkilä,
Eeva Järvenpää,
Reijo Tuokko
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of automation technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1883-8022
pISSN - 1881-7629
DOI - 10.20965/ijat.2010.p0117
Subject(s) - factory (object oriented programming) , computer science , machining , systems engineering , manufacturing engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language
Microassembly, micromanufacturing and microfactories are currently widely studied around the world. Tampere University of Technology (TUT) has had a strong background on microfactory research since 1999. This paper summarizes the results of the microfactory research accomplished at TUT during the recent projects. The paper introduces the TUT microfactory concept and discusses the demonstrations from the areas of assembly, laser machining and medical applications realized with TUT microfactory concept. It also presents some conceptual ideas for the factory level logistics of microfactory systems.
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