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Micromoulding machine at R&D centre

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The centre was already using three generations of the Battenfeld Microsystem that preceded the MicroPower before Battenfeld was acquired by the Wittmann Group.

The centre says it is investing time and energy in connecting its new MicroPower to computing power and the Internet. Everything done on the new machine will be captured using Ethernet-based state of the art data acquisition and measurement systems. "These exacting data records will provide a substantial key to determining and predicting in-mould behaviour for many materials, including nano-composites," it said.

The data will also be made available to users over the Internet, allowing full traceability of the entire process from raw materials storage, drying conditions, moulding parameters to final product quality inspection.

The centre's mission is to consolidate its micro manufacturing leadership position within the next three years - both for blue sky micromoulding research and also in terms of the number and scale of industrial and commercial projects coming through its doors. The intent is to keep developing UK innovations and industrial projects and also broaden the scope for a fully European outreach.