Laboratory for Manufacturing and Sustainability

There exists an opportunity to study the manufacturing process of protruding features for the purpose of polymer mold fabrication at the micro-scale. An experiment is planned using Taguchi DOE methods to fabricate micro-scale positive features by varying size, spindle speed and spindle direction. Data will be collected on feature accuracy, and used to further refine the experiment in an effort to produce a precise, accurate, micro feature. Results and knowledge gained herein will be extended to features of greater complexity, requiring increasing degrees of precision.