The International Precision Assembly Seminar 2003 Bad Hofgastein (near Salzburg) Austria 17-19 March 2003 This major event for international scholars in the areas of Precision Assembly in Bad Hofgastein (nr. Salzburg), Austria.
The official language of the Seminar is English.
Seminar Topics
Miniaturisation and integration of functions (mechanical, sensing, control, computing) within confined spaces is becoming increasingly important in modern mechatronic systems. Such systems consist of a mechanical structure set in motion by appropriate actuators. Examples are mobile phones, wearable sound and video systems, digital organisers, space application robot endoscopes, etc. These novel systems are currently developed to solve the new societal paradigm which requests higher product quality with reduced maintenance, reduction of time delivery, greater modularity and greater customization. They rely more and more on emerging technologies or on new concepts. Scale laws make some physical principles useless for microsystems, whereas other principles, whilst uninteresting for macrosystems, become extremely interesting for miniaturised systems. Development of such microsystems require research efforts in the field of microassembly.
The aim of this seminar is to discuss the rapidly evolving field of micro-assembly, including the development of microfactories and microsystem fabrication.
Contributed papers may deal with, but are not limited to the following ·Design of assembly systems ·Precision actuators and sensors ·Precision joining operations ·Life cycle modelling of assembly systems ·Design for assembly ·Control methods in precision assembly ·Robotics and robot applications for precision assembly ·Modular assembly machines and systems ·Web based applications for design and planning of assembly systems ·Cost modelling for precision assembly ·Precision assembly systems for mass customisation ·Standardisation in precision assembly ·Processes and systems for disassembly ·Industrial applications of precision assembly systems
KEY DATES
21st October 2002- Abstracts required 20th November 2002 - Notification of successful papers 3rd January 2003 -Final papers required 17-19th March 2003 -Seminar dates
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
Please submit an electronic copy of your abstract of at least 500 words or full paper. Your submission should include a separate page containing:
1. Title of paper 2. Suggested topic area (from topic list) 3. Name(s) of authors 4. Affiliation 5. Full postal address, telephone, fax and e-mail address
Please indicate clearly the purpose of the paper, references to related works and literature, research method and major results.
Please indicate the person to whom the correspondence should be addressed. Authors' names should be on the title page only, in order to facilitate the blind refereeing process.
Papers and abstracts will only be accepted for review on the condition that the manuscript has not been copyrighted, has not been published, has not been presented or accepted for presentation at a professional meeting, and is not currently under review for presentation at another professional meeting.
Authors must intend to register for, and attend, the Seminar to present the paper if it is accepted.
All accepted papers will be published in the Seminar proceedings, provided completed papers are received by the appropriate deadline and conform to the format and length requirements.
Abstract Deadline 21st October 2002
Decision regarding acceptance will be made by 15 November 2002, and accepted papers must be received in full, within layout guidelines, which will be provided by the organizers, by:
Paper Deadline 3rd January 2003
Please send abstract or paper to:
Ms Alison Parrett School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering and Management University of Notti ngham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK Phone +44 (0)115 951 4011 Fax +44 (0)115 951 4000 Email: Alison.Parrett@nottingham.ac.uk
PUBLICATION OF PAPERS The Seminar Proceedings will be distributed to the participants at registration. Selected papers will be invited for submission to scientific journals. SEMINAR ORGANIZATION Seminar Chairman Dr Svetan M Ratchev School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering & Management University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK Phone: +44 (0)115 951 4018 Fax: +44 (0)115 951 4000 Email: Svetan.Ratchev@nottingham.ac.uk
Seminar Co-chairman Professor Alain Delchambre Universite Libre de Bruxelles Avenue FD Roosevelt 50 Bruxelles B-1050 Belgium Phone: +32 (2) 650 26 68 Fax: +32 (2) 650 47 24 Email: adelch@ulb.ac.be
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Prof. A. Delchambre - ULB, Belgium Prof. H. Bley - University of Saarland, Germany Prof. C. R. Boer -ITIA, Italy Prof. L. M. Camarinha-Matos - Univ Nova, Portugal Mr. P. Chiabra - Electrolux Zanussi, Italy Prof. J Corbett - Cranfield University, UK Prof. D Pham - Cardiff University, UK Prof R Fearing -University of California at Berkeley, USA Dr. P. De Lit - ULB, Belgium Prof. G. Dini - Univ di Pisa, Italy Mr. F. Durand - ETA SA, Switzerland Dr. S. Fantechi - EC, DG RTD - G2, Belgium Mr. J. Heilala * VTT, Finland Dr H Maekawa * National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Japan Prof. J.M. Henrioud - LAB, France Mr. R. Hirvonen * Nokia, Finland Prof. J. Jacot - EPFL, Switzerland Dr. M. Onori - KTH, Sweden Mr. P. Oosting - Philips DAP, the Netherlands Dr. P. Post - Festo AG & Co., Germany Dr. S. Ratchev - University of Nottingham, UK Prof. B. Raucent - UCL, Belgium Mr. E. Sandin - Ericsson Radio Systems AB, Sweden Prof. L Seneviratne, King's College, UK Prof. G. Seliger - TU Berlin, Germany Dr. M. Tichem - TU Delft, The Netherlands Prof. R. Tuokko - TUT, Finland Prof. K Youcef-Toumif - MIT, USA
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr S M Ratchev - University of Nottingham, UK Prof A Delchambre - Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Dr P de Lit - Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Mr J Lastra - Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland Prof B Raucent -Univ Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Mr H Hirani - University of Nottingham, UK
SEMINAR ADMINISTRATION Ms Alison Parrett School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering and Management University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK Phone: +44 (0)115 951 4011 Fax: +44 115 951 4000 Email: Alison.Parrett@nottingham.ac.uk
Ms Angela Scott School of Mechanical, Materials, Manufacturing Engineering & Management University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK Phone: +44 (0)115 84 66082 Fax: +44 115 951 4000 Email: Angela.scott@nottingham.ac.uk
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