doi:10.3850/978-981-08-6555-9_135


Manufacturing Routes Costs Comparison for Emerging Micro and Nano Technologies


S. Bigota, P. Dorrington and S. Dimov

Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.

abigots@cf.ac.uk

ABSTRACT

This paper introduces a simple costing methodology adopted in a European research project for comparing the cost of alternative manufacturing routes when designing new innovative micro and nano products. This methodology has been specifically developed to assess the product development implication of emerging manufacturing technologies, which might still be under development in research labs.

Keywords: Manufacturing routes, Cost estimation, Emerging micro and nano technologies.


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