Microfabrica To Introduce Educational Series For Design Engineers Challenged With Ongoing Drive To Miniaturization

VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microfabrica is launching a series of web-based educational symposia created to help design engineers overcome current manufacturing challenges in the ongoing drive to miniaturization across many high tech industries.  The first webinar, "When State-Of-The-Art Micromachining Isn't Good Enough" will take place on August 22, 2012 at 2:00 PM EDT.  This symposium will review current state-of-the-art technologies and explore how MICA Freeform extends the capabilities of conventional micromachining for fabricating high precision metal parts at the sub-millimeter scale.  MICA Freeform, Microfabrica's proprietary additive manufacturing process, enables engineers to design parts with complex geometries at a scale not previously possible. 

These discussions will be lead by Richard Chen, Vice President of Design Engineering at Microfabrica.  In this webinar, Mr. Chen will discuss:

• Current obstacles design engineers face in the drive to miniaturization
• How MICA Freeform allows fabrication of complex features at a sub-millimeter scale while retaining high precision
• Ideal design applications for the MICA Freeform process

The webinar takes place on August 22, 2012 at 02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.  Please register on our website, www.microfabrica.com/company/whats-new.php

Replays will be available after August 23, 2012 www.microfabrica.com/company/whats-new.php  

About Richard Chen

Richard has more than 14 years of experience in the micromanufacturing and micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) industry. He currently manages all applications and design engineering efforts at Microfabrica and has also held various management and engineering positions at the company over the last nine years. Chen received a BS from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana and an MS at UCLA, both in electrical engineering. He holds more than 20 patents and has authored 12 publications in micromanufacturing process and design. 

About Microfabrica

Microfabrica is an advanced technology company with a proprietary, additive fabrication process that yields high precision, robust metal parts at a scale not previously possible. The company works with demanding, high tech industries, including aerospace/defense, semiconductor test, and medical device, that can leverage of our ability to fabricate complex geometries in the sub-millimeter scale.

Headquartered in Van Nuys, CA, Microfabrica is an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) certified facility holding both ISO 9001-2008 and ISO 13485-2003 certifications.

For more information, visit www.microfabrica.com, e-mail [email protected] or call (888) 964-2763.

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SOURCE Microfabrica