{"product_id":"9780387774022","title":"IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: IFIP TC5 WG5.5 Fourth International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS'2008) Chamonix, France, February 10-13, 2008","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology: IFIP TC5 WG5.5 Fourth International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS'2008) Chamonix, France, February 10-13, 2008\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKoelemeijer, Sandra; Ratchev, Svetan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eMicro-assembly is a key enabling technology for cost effective manufacture of new generations of complex micro products. It is also a critical technology for retaining mdustrial capabilities in high labour cost areas such as Europe since up to 80% of the production cost in some industries is attributed directly to assembly processes. With the continuous trend for product miniaturisation, the scientific and technologi­ cal developments in micro-assembly are expected to have a significant long-term economic, demographic and social impact. A distinctive feature of the process is that surface forces are often dominant over gravity forces, which determines a number of specific technical challenges. Critical areas which are currently being addressed include development of assembly systems with high positional accuracy, micro gripping methods that take into ac­ count the adhesive surface forces, high precision micro-feeding techniques and mi­ cro-joining processes. Micro-assembly has developed rapidly over the last few years and all the pre­ dictions are that it will remain a critical technology for high value products in a number of key sectors such as healthcare, communications, defence and aerospace. The key challenge is to match the significant technological developments with a new generation of micro products that will establish firmly micro-assembly as a core manufacturing process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2008-01-15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387774022\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-77405-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 416\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44806313377932,"sku":"9780387774022","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387774022.jpg?v=1779503419","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780387774022","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}