Micro and Precision Engineering Research Group - Facilities

The Micro- and Precision Engineering research group of PMA makes use of the following production and measurement facilities:

Production facilities

• Micro EDM: modified AGIE AGIETRON COMPACT 1 with Erowa spindle
• Die sinking EDM: Charmilles Technologies Roboform 350γ
• Wire EDM
  • Charmilles Technologies ROBOFIL 2000
  • Charmilles Technologies ROBOFIL 240CC
• EDM milling: Charmilles Technologies ROBOMILL 200
• ELID machine with FUJI ELIDER 921 generator
• Precision lathe: Hembrug DR 133R.

Measurement facilities

• CMM
  • Mitutoyo FN905 3D CMM with a measuring range of 1000x700x450 mm³,
  • COORD3 MC16
  • Dea Omicron A001
• Surface form and roughness measurements: Taylor-Hobson Form Talysurf-120L
• Roundness measurement
  • Taylor-Hobson Talyrond 3
  • Perthen Formtester
• universal Abbe length measuring machine: VEB Carl Zeiss Jena/Jenoptik, measurement range 200 mm
• 3D CNC Vision Measuring Machine: Mitutoyo QuickVision Pro - 202
• Nikon 6D autocollimator
• Interferometers:
  • Renishaw ML10 interferometer, equipped with an EC10 environmental compensation laserkit, and with optics kits for linear, angular, long- and short-range straightness, and squareness measurement
  • Zygo Heterodyne Laser Interferometer
• Vibrometer: Polytec
• Capacitive probes: Lion Precision
• Vibration isolation table
  • 1.8 m x 1.2 m: Newport RS4000 Table Top with 4 Newport I-2000 Laminar Flow Isolators
  • 1.5 m x 0.75 m: Newport
• Stereomicroscopes
  • Leica Wild M3C with JVC digital color video camera
  • Leica MS5