Development of an international collaborative research project on precision engineering - (re)manufacturing of glass for micro-positioning applications.

该联盟国际催化剂资助的主要目标是通过加拿大École de technologie supsamrieure （ÉTS）和英国卡迪夫大学工程学院的联合研究项目，在高精度制造和计量领域开展一项新的科学合作，特别是新型玻璃微定位系统。这项国际研究合作的目的是在ÉTS和卡迪夫大学之间建立长期的国际研究合作，这符合最近发布的关于加强加拿大qubec和英国威尔士之间关系的宣言。拟议的国际合作旨在创造和保持两个参与机构（ÉTS -难加工材料和再制造的先进制造，卡迪夫大学-纳米/微系统制造和精密测量）的特定优势的协同作用：1)设计和制造用于极端环境下高精度玻璃应用的新型微定位装置；2)探索新型精益精密驱动机构来驱动这些阶段；3)探索和开发利用废玻璃进行高精度应用的新型“循环制造”战略。一个试点项目将允许研究使用高质量废玻璃进行设计定位阶段的再制造。此次合作将提供高精度工程的多学科研究培训，这将加强加拿大自然科学和工程学科的HQP的质量，并解决目前加拿大就业市场缺乏专门从事高精度制造的工程HQP的问题。也，拟议的由高度可回收的废料（玻璃）制成的微定位装置精益生产合作，有助于实现加拿大通过的“2030年议程和可持续发展目标”，并有助于通过在高精度玻璃制造及其在加拿大微纳米工程领域的应用方面创造新的专业知识，增加增值制造和出口，并将这些知识转让给加拿大的工业伙伴。加强经济和竞争力。

The principle objective of this Alliance International Catalyst Grant is to initiate a novel scientific collaboration with a joint research project at École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Canada, and the School of Engineering at Cardiff University, UK, in the field of high-precision manufacturing and metrology, particularly for novel micro-positioning systems made of glass. This international research collaboration aims to establish a long-term international research collaboration between ÉTS and Cardiff University, which fits within the recently launched declaration on intensifying the relationship between Québec, Canada, and Wales, UK. The proposed international collaboration aims to create and maintain a synergy of the specific strengths of both participating institutions (ÉTS - advanced manufacturing of hard-to-machine materials and remanufacturing, Cardiff University - nano/micro-system fabrication and precision measurements) to: 1) Design and manufacture novel micro-positioning devices for high-precision glass applications in extreme environments; 2) Explore novel lean precision actuation mechanisms to drive these stages; 3) Explore and develop new "circular manufacturing" strategies using waste glass for high-precision applications. A pilot project will allow to study the use of high-quality waste glass for remanufacturing of the designed positioning stage. A multi-disciplinary research training on high-precision engineering will be offered by this collaboration, which will strengthen the quality of Canadian HQP in the natural sciences and engineering disciplines and address the current lack of engineering HQP specialized in high-precision manufacturing for the Canadian job market. As well, the proposed collaboration on the lean production of micro-positioning devices made of a highly recyclable waste material (glass) contributes to address the "2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals" adopted by Canada and contributes also to increase value-added manufacturing and exports by creating novel expertise on high-precision glass manufacturing and its applications in the micro-nano engineering field in Canada and transfer this knowledge to Canadian industrial partners, strengthening its economy and competitiveness.