SBIR Phase I: Multi-faceted Positioning System for Flexible Fabrication, Micromachining and Vacuum Positioning

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将解决下一代机器的可行性，该机器设计用于真空工艺和其他微加工应用的柔性制造。它是一种基于并行平台机器人技术的新型机床，并与现有集成制造应用的标准化机床接口相结合。定位系统将具有完整的六轴运动，加上一个冗余的第七轴，允许作为工具或工件夹具的操作，用于许多先进的制造应用。该技术有望使真空和微定位相关行业受益，使经济实惠的精密部件能够小批量生产。第一阶段的目标包括定位系统的规范，在三维实体建模环境中开发完全铰接的实验室模型，将制造软件初步集成到虚拟机环境中，进行性能评估，实验室模型演示和工程模型设计。专为真空使用而设计的标准化、多面七轴定位系统，将在电子材料、冶金、光学涂层、厚膜涂层、仪器、工具、成形、成型、精密切割、磨削和钻孔以及先进材料的激光加工中找到许多灵活的制造应用。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will address the feasibility of a next-generation machine designed for flexible fabrication in vacuum processes and other micromachining applications. It is a novel machine tool based on parallel platform robotics technology and is coupled with a standardized machine tool interface for existing integrated manufacturing applications. The positioning system will have full six-axis motion, plus a redundant seventh axis permitting operation as either the tool or workpiece holder for numerous advanced manufacturing applications. The technology is expected to benefit vacuum- and micropositioning-related industries by enabling affordable, precision components to be produced in small lots. Phase I objectives include specification of the positioning system, development of a fully articulated laboratory model in a 3-D solid modeling environment, preliminary integration of manufacturing software into the virtual machine environment, performance assessment, laboratory model demonstration, and engineering model design. A standardized, multi-faceted seven-axis positioning system, designed for vacuum use, will find numerous flexible manufacturing applications in electronic materials, metallurgy, optical coatings, thick-film coatings, instrumentation, tooling, forming, shaping, precision cutting, grinding, and drilling, as well as laser processing of advanced materials.