Micromachining Articles

• Air-Powered Spindle Gives Micromachining a Boost - about RBX Air Power Spindle, Aug 1, 2007
• Cancer Detecting Microchip - micromachined cantilever used to detect prostrate cancer, Science Daily, Sep 3, 2001
• The Changing Shape of Micromachining - micromilling machine cuts features as small as 0.0004", Kyle Stacy of Microlution, Medical Design, Oct 19, 2007
• CAD Analysis of Microstrip Lines Using Micromachining Techniques - analysis of microstrip lines on a silicon substrate, use of thick interface layer to reduce losses and increase Q, Kamaljeet Singh, Surendra Pal, Deepak Bhatnagar, High Frequency Electronics, May 2007
• Copper At The Cutting Edge: The Copper Vapor Laser - newcomer to engineering lasers, copper lasers result in high precision micromachining, Innovations (by Copper Development Association), Clive Barnes, Jun 2001
• Designers' Guide to Micromachining Plastics - pressure to cut costs may lead the way to plastic micromachining, Glenn Ogura of Resonetics, Medical Design, Nov 1, 2005
• Fabrication Of Ultra Hydrophobic Surfaces By Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Micromachining - self cleaning, water repelling properties of a lotus leaf are duplicated with micromachined surface, Meijer, Groenendijk, Mechanical Automation, Sep 2007
• Five-Axis Micro Machining Center - bar fed 408B five-axis micro-machining center, Elizabeth Gruber, Modern Machine Shop, May, 2001
• How to Use Diamond Tools for Cutting Steel - potential drawbacks of using diamond tool for cutting steel and how to avoid, Ken Yap of Suwa Precision, Jan 3, 2006
• Industrial Lasers: Laser Micromachining Expands as Technology Develops - factors for selecting nanosecond, picosecond and femtosecond class lasers, Martyn Knowles, Andrew Kearsley, Dimitris Karnakis of Oxford Lasers, Laser Focus World, Jun 1, 2007
• Innovations in Acceleration Sensing Using Surface Micromachining - electromechanical systems, complete with circuits, can be built on piece of silicon, James Doscher, Analog Devices
• Laser Based Glass Micromachining - fabricating micro devices using glass base, Philippe Bado of Translume, Small Times, Jan 2007
• Laser Micromachining: Advantages of Liquid Environment - advantages of laser micromachining in water instead of air, Marc J Palmeri, Princeton University, circa 2005
• A Micromachined Device Provides a New Bend on Fibroblast Traction Forces - device capable of determining sub-cellular forces is used to measure traction forces generated by fibroblasts, Catherine Galbraith,Michael Sheetz, PubMed Central, Aug 19, 1997
• Machining in Miniature - tools as small as 0.0001-in. diameter let contract manufacturers machine very small parts, Leslie Gordon, Medical Design, May 1, 2006
• Machining with Finesse for Tiny Tools - manufacture of tools of miniscule dimensions, James Benes, Cutting Tool Central, Oct 19, 2006
• Micromachining With Picosecond Laser Pulses - high quality drilling, cutting and shaping process are economical for factory and shop applications, Thomas Herrmann, Bernhard Klimt of Lumera Laser and Frank Siegel of Laser Zentrum, 2004l pdf
• Micro Size Technical Parts Can be Thermoformed Instead of Injection Molded - micro size plastic components created from micromachinedmolds, plastemart.com,
• Micro/Nano Lithography & Fabrication - with laser machining for 3D nanofabrication in fluid medium the machining becomes inefficient as aspect ratio nears the range of 300 as acoustic node acts a path for dissipation of some part of laser energy, Sanghyun Lee, Alan Hunt, SPIE, 2006
• Micromachining of Poly Crystalline Diamond with Nd:YAG Laser Beams - polycrystalline diamonds for micro tools can be created with YAG laser beams, Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT, Apr 2005 pdf
• New Options for Micromachining Medical Devices - by Medical Device Link
• Pulsed Fibre Laser Speeds Up Micromachining - Rofin-Baasel pulsed fiber laser optimized for micromachining, manufacturingtalk, Jan 24, 2008
• Reversible Micromachining Locator - patent issued  for invention for holding small part in exact replicable position when being machined, Leander Salzer, Larry Foreman, Patent Storm, Oct 2002
• Technical Articles on Precision Machining and Micro Machining - Chip Formation during Machining Process, Mechanism of the Grinding Process, Fatigue in Metals, by Suwa Precision
• Through Wafer Via Etching - micromachining used on silicon for through-wafer via etching, helping chip manufacturers keep up with Moore's Law, Janet Hopkins, Jeffrey Pink, Huma Ashraf, Andrew  Chambers, Advanced Packaging, Apr 2005
• Trends In Micromachining Technologies -nontraditional technologies like EDM and laser meet increasing demand for micromachined products, John Shanahan, Product Manager Makino
• True Micromachining - laser micromachining may be the answer to the problems faced in precision manufacturing, Industrial Laser Solutions, Greg Anderson of Control Systemation Inc, Jun 1, 2006
• Two Photon Polymerization: A New Approach to MicroMachining - Femtosecond lasers enable microfabrication with resolution beyond the diffraction limit, Andreas Ostendorf and Boris N Chichkov, Photonics Spectra pdf 
• UK Company Brings Laser Micro Machining to US - UK companies expanding operations in North America, Dec 1, 2006
• UV Laser Micromachining of Polymers for Microfluidic Applications - technique to rapidly create microchannels and modify the resulting polymer surface in one step, Emanuel Waddell, Laurie Locascio, Gary Kramer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, JALA, Feb/March 2002 pdf