Building a mini-assembly system from a technology construction kit

Assembly Automation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Gaugel, Tobias ^a   Bengel, Matthias ^a   Malthan, Dirk ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND AUTOMATION IPA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly; Flexibility; Microsensors

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROSENSORS; PERFORMANCE; PRECISION ENGINEERING; PROCESS CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ADVANCED MODULAR MICROPRODUCTION SYSTEMS (AMMS); MICRO-ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642362438     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150410517174     Document Type: Article

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