Development of a Miniature Vertical Milling Machine for Automation Used in a Microfactory

Author

Seung-Kook Ro ; Jang, Sung-Kweon ; Kim, Byung-Sub ; Park, Jong-Kweon

Author_Institution

Intell. Manuf. Syst. Res. Div., Korea Inst. of Machinery & Mater., Daejeon

fYear

2008

fDate

9-11 April 2008

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

189

Abstract

In this paper, a compact-sized milling machine is proposed for using in the miniaturized manufacturing system, the Microfactory. The miniature milling machine was designed to achieve high positioning accuracy within the working volume 35x35x33 mm³, by utilizing air bearings for linear movement guides and spindle. The configuration of the 3-axis milling machine was determined to be vertical machine considering automation for the factory line usage, and the vertical air bearing stage was designed to carry the high speed air bearing spindle in the middle of the guide for maximum stiffness. We describe the design aspects of this machine and some experimental results.

Keywords

design engineering; factory automation; machine bearings; machine tool spindles; manufacturing systems; micromachining; milling machines; production engineering computing; air bearing spindle; linear movement guides; microfactory automation; miniature vertical milling machine; miniaturized manufacturing system; positioning accuracy; Design automation; Intelligent manufacturing systems; Machinery; Machining; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing systems; Metalworking machines; Micromachining; Production facilities; Pulp manufacturing; Air bearings; Micro milling machine; Microfactoy; Micromachining;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Smart Manufacturing Application, 2008. ICSMA 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gyeonggi-do

Print_ISBN

978-89-950038-8-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-89-962150-0-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMA.2008.4505638

Filename

4505638