Atomization-based cutting fluid application in micro-machining

作为一名初级教师，我计划建立一个关于先进多尺度制造的研究计划，以开发创新的制造技术，以弥合纳米和微米之间的差距，并支持对定制微型3D部件日益增长的需求。通过该计划开发的创新的多尺度制造技术将使纳米设备能够集成到实际的工程系统中。我最初的努力将是制造工艺和系统的小型化。为了有竞争力的生产跟上微/纳米规模的科学和技术的步伐，需要转变制造模式，这是建立在微型工艺和设备可以最好地创造微型部件或特征的前提下的。微型或微型机床(MMT)的开发可以在桌面上实现经济高效、精确、灵活和移动的制造，从而可以在需要或需要的远程位置快速制造精确的3D微型定制设计零件。尽管目前对金属基复合材料的开发还很少，但随着工艺和设备规模的缩小，对于全功能和多功能的金属基复合材料，包括切削液的应用、零件的搬运和装配、夹具、计量、在线监测和控制等，出现了许多新的问题和有待解决的问题。

As a starting faculty member, I plan to establish a research program on advanced multi-scale manufacturing to develop innovative manufacturing technologies to bridge the gap between nano- and micro-scales, and support the increasing demand for customized miniature 3D parts. The innovative multi-scale manufacturing technologies developed through this program will allow integration of nano-scale devices into practical engineering systems. My initial efforts will be on miniaturization of manufacturing processes and systems. For competitive production to keep pace with micro/nano-scale science and technology, a shift in manufacturing paradigm is required, which is built upon the premise that miniature parts or features can be best created on miniature processes and equipments. Development of miniature or micro-scale machine tools (mMTs) can lead to cost-effective, accurate, flexible, and mobile manufacturing on a desktop so that accurate 3D miniature custom-design parts can be quickly made at a remote location where they are needed or required. Although few efforts have been made to develop mMTs, as the size-scale of the process and equipment is reduced, many new issues arise and remain to be addressed for fully functional and versatile mMTs including cutting fluid application, part handling and assembly, fixturing, metrology, on-line monitoring and control, etc.