RAS Nodes

Various laser systems for ablation, soldering, welding, marking, adjustment, sintering, stereolithography, LOM.

Diamond turning, micro milling and micro drilling
Environment of the machine:
Csepel Ultraturn (Hembrug)with
• conditional room ( 20°C ± 0,5°C ),
• relative moisture 50 %,
• active alleviation with air-spring,
• hydrostatic bearings
• smallest programming increment 0,1 micron,
• workpiece clamper in vacuum gripper,
Additional investigation devices
1. AFM (TopoMetrix Explorer, Santa Clara, CA). We used soft silicon nitride cantilevers Thermomicroscopes, Coated Sharp Microlevers, Model No. MSCT-AUHW, with typical force constant 0.01-0.03 N/m, 20 nm radius of curvature. The examinations were acquired in contact mode in water at room temperature. Range of measuring: 50 micron x 50 micron
2. Dimension tolerances: CMM, ZEISS UMC 850 OPTON. Accuracy: 1 micron
3. Surface roughness: PERTHOMETER S6P. We used with diamond and laser sensor.
4. Microhardness measuring (with max. 500 g weight)
5. Optical Microscope: Olympus PME-3
6. Scanning Electro Microscope + EDS + EBSD Philips XL30

Micro and nano manipulation and handling devices for manufacturing of microproducts -
Robot with 3 d.o.f. for micro and nano manipulation Ro-MiNa, laser for ablation, laser speckle interferrometry laboratory, micro and nano manipulation structures based on piezostructured ceramics MeCHaPiCs, microscopes Carl Zeiss, incl. inverted, controllers, fixing stages

The award-winning Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) forms part of Cardiff University, which dates back to 1883 and is one of Britain's major civic universities. The 80-strong ISO 9001:2000 accredited Centre has an international reputation for its leading-edge research in advanced manufacturing and information technology spanning a broad spectrum of subjects.

CCLRC is the largest UK national research facility employing ~2000 scientists, engineers and support staff. The project-related tasks for 4M will be carried out by the Central Microstructure Facility (CMF) at CCLRC-RAL. CMF is a division of the CCLRC engaged in R&D activities in micro and nano systems technology for the past 20 years. It has been involved with large number of nationally funded and EC funded projects. CCLRC -RAL has led many Nationally funded programmes including the £19 million Innovations in Industrial Lithography (ISL) programme funded by the UK Department of Trade and Industries. The CMF is a major national centre for microsystems technology. As a national facility we interact with over 100 universities in the UK. Our European involvement is also very strong. We have led many EU projects.
The Central Microstructure Facility (CMF) provides state-of-the-art microfabrication services and R&D facilities, based on electron-beam lithography and semiconductor equipment, to universities and industry. A central well-found research and prototype manufacturing service is available using advanced technology for microelectronics, masks, interconnects, direct write and for microsystems technology/microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). CMF is a neutral site where academic-industry and industry-industry collaborations offer good technology transfer opportunities.