AMEE Laboratory
Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT) Laboratory
The AMT laboratory houses a 3-axis diamond turning machine, a 5-axis micro-milling machine, a 3-axis reconfigurable meso-machine and a Bridgeport VMC500 (24,000 rpm, 18 kW). In addition, a range of high precision spindles (250,000 rpm DC motor-driven aerostatic spindle, 45,000 rpm magnetic bearing spindle, 10,000 rpm aerostatic spindle) and PC-based controllers (UMAC and PMAC controllers) have recently been contributed by the industrial collaborators. Ancillary equipment includes AFM, CMM, Zygo 3D surface profiler, Wyko 3D surface profiler and other 2D/3D surface metrology and workpiece surface integrity equipment (SEM, microhardness, X-ray residual stress and fatigue). The AMT laboratory is headed by Professor Kai Cheng and currently accommodates over a dozen of PhD students and research fellows/assistants who are working in various projects related to:
- Micro/nano manufacturing
- Design of ultraprecision machines
- Micro/nano metrology
- Manufacturing metrology
- Condition monitoring and control
- Manufacturing systems
- Robotics and manufacturing automation
- 2D/3D vibration assisted machining
- Machining dynamics
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Advanced manufacturing using lasers
