Design, analysis and fabrication of silicon microfixture with electrothermal microclamp cell
A novel microfixturing cell comprising four microclamps is designed and fabricated. It can position and clamp four microparts simultaneously. The positioning and clamping of the cell is simulated by finite element modeling. The numerical results compare well with the experimental values. The cell is set up to verify the applicability of the microfixturing technique.
microfixture microclamp microassembly micro-handling devices electro-thermal