MICA FREEFORM COMBINES FABBING TECHNIQUES
MicroManufacturing – July/August 2011MICA Freeform is a microscale fabrication process that bridges the gap between traditional micromachining processes, such as microEDM and laser machining, and newer methods, like LIGA—a process developed in Germany that combines lithography, electroplating and molding.
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Additive Value
MicroManufacturing - Fall 2008New and revamped technologies for mass fabricating microparts. From their invention to their obsolescence, manufacturing techniques evolve and improve along with the items they produce. Today, the shrinking size and growing need for sophisticated components used in all types of devices are fueling demand for fabrication techniques that can mass-produce parts ranging from a micron to a few millimeters.
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Micro Parts Dominate Rapid Manufacturing
Rapid Today - July 1, 2008Rapid prototyping is exciting, but the real promise of additive fabrication is its potential for rapid manufacturing, or the volume manufacture of production parts. Due to the cost of RP systems and materials, and the slow build time of parts, rapid manufacturing is generally not yet feasible – except in the booming niche of micro additive fabrication.
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Microfabrica Produces Tiny Actuated Medical TooLs
Design News, March 16, 2008The growing popularity of minimally invasive surgical procedures has already started to create a need for tiny medical tools. And that need has now led Microfabrica to
apply its proprietary micro-scale additive fabrication system to medical applications.
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Good Things, Small Packages
San Fernando Valley Business Journal - February 4, 2008The expander made by Microfabrica Inc. looks like a car jack albeit one that wouldn't even hold up a toy car. Smaller than a dime, these expanders are used to retract tissue or deliver a stent into the body during surgery. The company's EFAB manufacturing process makes these and other intricately designed devices in one piece, eliminating assembly of individual pieces.
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Thinking small
The Engineer - January 29, 2008Fabrication technology inspired by computer chips aims to turn complex designs into tiny medical devices, without the need for assembly. Siobhan Wagner reports.
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EFAB technology debut at MD&M
MicroManufacturing - December 19, 2007Van Nuys, Calif.—Microfabrica Inc. will introduce miniaturized building blocks for the minimally-invasive medical device market during the Medical Design & Manufacturing West meeting in January, according to a news release issued by the company Dec. 18.
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