MicroBridge Services Ltd
Background to MicroBridge
MicroBridge Services Ltd is a new company which offers micro
and nano machining and manufacturing commercial services to
industry and is open to anyone wishing to use the resources
of a university facility on a commercial open-access basis.
MicroBridge’s highly specialised team of engineers and
machinists is matched by its first-class facilities. It offers
the possibility to create discrete micro components and 3D
surface structures from 1mm down to 50 nanometres using a
range of process technologies including picosecond laser micromachining,
micro milling, micro electro-discharge machining EDM, micro
injection moulding, focussed ion-beam milling and nano-imprinting
processes.
Our services
- Prototyping services
- Process development
- Single component and small batch production
- Volume production using injection moulding
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- Technical consultancy
- Product design and development
- Contract and collaborative research
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Sectors
MicroBridge offers a comprehensive range of contract micro
and nano structuring and machining capability across a wide
range of market sectors including:
- Medical devices
- Diagnostics and pharmaceuticals
- Healthcare and biotechnology
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- Automotive, industrial and precision engineering
- Aerospace
- Photonics and microelectronics
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MicroBridge can work with a wide range of different materials
from hard metals to softer polymers and difficult-to-machine
ceramics and glass.
www.microbridge.cf.ac.uk
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