Roll call

From: Chris Sutcliffe (c.j.sutcliffe@liverpool.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 18:47:38 EEST


test Stationery
Dear List,

The Advanced Manufacturing research group at the University of Liverpool has
the following equipment

Additive manufacturing:
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SLA 250 - 40 running 5220
Sinterstation 2000 running Duraform, Castform and Cobalt Chrome
Research direct metal sintering system running stainless steel and titanium
Research direct metal build system (similar to LENS) running steels &
titanium alloys

Subtractive manufacturing:
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High speed CNC machining (42,000RPM spindle 40m/min traverse)
Research laser micro machining system (Diode pumped Nd.YAG laser and 50
nanometre positioning accuracy)

Data Capture:
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Laser scanning (12 microns resolution)
Computer aided micro-tomography (7 microns resolution)

Associated Systems:
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Powder processing equipment (milling and mechano fusion)
MCP Vac casting system

Software:
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Unigraphics
Machining strategist
Magics
Mimics
Med CAD
Vericut

Dr. Chris Sutcliffe

Rapid and Micro Manufacturing Research
The University of Liverpool
Department of Engineering
Ashton Building
Brownlow Hill
Liverpool
L69 3GL
Tel. (0151) 794 4316
Fax. (0151) 794 4675
Email c.j.sutcliffe@liv.ac.uk

For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/



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