1 Thin film specifications continue to push the envelope of manufacturing capabilities. Many advanced commercial and military applications require ultra low loss films that are extremely difficult to deposit using conventional Electron beam or Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD) technology. Ring Laser Gyroscope (RLG) mirrors for instance require high packing density, minimal defects, and negligible a...

Mass customization is implemented to provide outstanding service to customers with diverse tastes and preferences. However, mass customization has limitations in the traditional value chain and production paradigm. Taking advantage of advanced information technology, such as manufacturing grid and virtual enterprise, to facilitate mass customization and improve the customer perceived valued of ...

(Extended Abstract) I. INTRODUCTION Moore's Law and the market requirements for higher perfor­ mance chips are driving the production of increasingly smaller transistors, and therefore, are forcing more stringent controls on semiconductor manufacturing processes and equipment, with a very small room for error. The second trend in the semiconductor industry is the adoption of the e-Manufacturing...

Research work carried out in the last decade on the Microelectronics Manufacturing Science and Technology (MMST) program sought to address a need for increased flexibility in IC manufacturing through single-wafer processing, with in-situ sensors and real-time process/factory control has lead to a successful demonstration of a novel approach to IC manufacturing based on flexible process. To make...

In this article we give a description of the scope and objectives of the RoBlock project [1]. The RoBlock project is an interdisciplinary research project within the area of intelligent manufacturing systems. The purpose of the project is to develop a platform usable for demonstration of how state-of-the-art technology and methods can be combined to make integrated and flexible manufacturing sy...

it has been observed that most of the chemical entities have high lipophilicity and poor aqueous solubility, which result in poor bioavailability. in order to improve the bioavailability, the release behavior of such drugs should be improved. although there are numerous techniques to handle solubility related issue, but they are expensive due to involvement of complicated equipments, advanced m...

Preliminary notes This paper in its theoretical part presents basic and advanced methods of Rapid Prototyping (RP) technology with a special focus on Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) method used by authors on Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies of Technical University of Košice with a seat in Prešov (Slovakia). Principles of FDM technology and materials used for production of models and produ...