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EPSRC Reference:	EP/K018345/1
Title:	Miniature Flexible & Reconfigurable Manufacturing System for 3D Micro-products
Principal Investigator:	Luo, Professor X
Other Investigators:	Ion, Professor W Jiang, Professor Dame X Kong, Dr X Dunnigan, Dr M Qin, Professor Y
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:	Gyrus Medical Ltd Renishaw plc (UK) Ultra Precision Motion Ltd
Department:	Design Manufacture and Engineering Man
Organisation:	University of Strathclyde
Scheme:	Standard Research
Starts:	01 July 2013	Ends:	31 December 2017	Value (£):	2,109,986
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Manufacturing Machine & Plant Microsystems
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Manufacturing
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Panel History:	Panel Date Panel Name Outcome 26 Nov 2012 Flexible & Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Panel Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
The proposal attempt to set out a new agenda to create an integrated miniature flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing system to deliver to UK industry disruptive and transformative technology for the next generation of high added-value micro-products. The proposed research will focus on the development of underlying techniques, such as embedded sensors for on-line metrology, parallel robots for 3D materials handling and assembly, multiscale modelling and hybrid micromachining approach, which are core techniques for future flexible micro-manufacturing process. The project is grounded on the consortium's immense experience in surface metrology, robotics, machine tool design, micromachining and microforming, with industrial partners being leading experts from machine-tool, metrology, medical instrument and photonics manufacturers. The research will start from a very solid baseline in technology achieved from previous several successful EPSRC and EU projects in this subject area.
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