Advances in the TUT Microfactory Concept Development

International Journal of Automation Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-126

  Heikkilä, Riku ^a   Järvenpää, Eeva ^a   Tuokko, Reijo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

flexible feeding; logistics; micro assembly; microfactory; TUT microfactory

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT; FLEXIBLE FEEDING; LASER MACHINING; MICRO-FACTORY; MICRO-MANUFACTURING; MICROASSEMBLIES; TAMPERE; TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MICROFACTORY;

MICROMACHINING;

EID: 80052061438     PISSN: 18817629     EISSN: 18838022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/ijat.2010.p0117     Document Type: Article

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