Process Design

Abstract

The design of micro production processes and systems faces a variety of significant challenges today. This is due both to economic and to technological challenges. Generally speaking, in most industries micro production tends to be characterized by mass production, meaning very high lot sizes from several thousands (e.g. in medical technology) to literally billions (e.g. resistor end caps in the electronics industry). Moreover, such micro parts are often produced under severe cost pressure, with the market price for an individual part often being only a fraction of a € cent.