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Mar/Apr 2012  
μTube: Micromachining
Micromanufacturing lab tour at Northwestern Univ.

During the 7th International Conference on MicroManufacturing in March, conference co-chairs Jian Cao and Kornel Ehmann, along with a few of their students, provided an overview of their research and work stations at the university's micromanufacturing lab.

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Aerotech displays micro positioning stages

Stephen Malone, applications engineer at Aerotech Inc., provided a brief overview of the company's micro positioning stages during the ICOMM 2012 gathering held in March at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.

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Cold Heading Technology from Fukui Byora

Keigo Fukumoto, representing Fukui Byora Co., Ltd, Fukui, Japan, during the recent ICOMM 2012 gathering at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., offered a brief backround about the company and its Cold Heading Technology.

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ICOMM growing, achieving balanced global interest

April 13, 2012—With about 150 attendees turning out for the 7th International Conference on MicroManufacturing (ICOMM 2012) held March 12-14 at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., conference organizers hailed the balanced attendance from Asia, Europe and North America as a first for the annual gathering.

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Prescription for medical expansion

MICROmanufacturing Senior Editor Alan Richter recently met with representatives from Dynomax Inc., Wheeling, Ill., to discuss the company's recent expansion. Dynomax, which is targeting the medical device market for growth, has added two new facilities in the past 2 years. The company's headquarters in Wheeling, Ill., and the new Lincolnshire, Ill., facility gives Dynomax four locations throughout the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.

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3M, IBM set sites on new adhesive for 3-D chips

3M and IBM recently announced plans to jointly develop adhesives that can be used to package semiconductors into densely stacked silicon "towers." The companies intend to create a new class of materials, which will make it possible to build commercial microprocessors composed of layers of up to 100 separate chips, according to the an IBM news release.

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Laser cutting, bending microscale foil chair

Check out this cool video of thermal laser forming performed at the Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory.

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Magnetism, microfluidics eyed for medical microchip

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics and magnetic switches to trap and transport magnetic beads.

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CNC Swiss turning, milling in one operation

Crosswind Machining Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., offers CNC Swiss milling and turning operations with 6- and 7-axis high-speed machining capability.

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LaserStar demos welding repair for mold

LaserStarOct. 31, 2011—LaserStar Technologies, Riverside, R.I., recently demonstrated a microweld using the company's 7700 Series laser system with Universal Jig, which is said to be ideal for a wide range of unique and custom integration applications for metal joining, complex assembly and repair.

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