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Injection moulding is established as one of the most common manufacturing processes of thermoplastics due to its high degree of automation and the short cycle times. Micro injection moulding is a rapidly growing technology that allows for the efficient production of very complex micro parts in high series. The “Market Analysis for Microsystems II 2002–2005” of the Nexus Task Force anticipates a yearly growth in the field of micro system technology of about 20% (Wechsung et al. 2002). This study identifies in addition to the continuous miniaturization the growing use of polymers in micro systems (Schneider et al. 2001). No other material group offers this wide range of material properties and permits to choose processing parameters and application properties according to necessities (Gächter 2000). While the production processes of micro technical components are mainly controllable, the assembly of these components to hybrid micro systems is a bottleneck to the industrial large scale production. The assembly itself represents a large fraction of the added product value and gains in importance with growing complexity and miniaturization of the systems.
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The research presented in this paper is conducted as part of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 440 “Assembly of Hybrid Micro Systems” and is supported financially by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), to which we extend our thanks.
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Michaeli, W., Opfermann, D. Micro assembly injection moulding. Microsyst Technol 12, 616–619 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-006-0081-7
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