Integrated Micro Product/Process Quality Assurance in Micro Injection Moulding Production
Journal publications published
1. Baruffi F, Gülçür M, Calaon M, Romano J-M, Penchev P, Dimov S, Whiteside B, Tosello G (2019) Correlating nano-scale surface replication accuracy and cavity temperature in micro-injection moulding using in-line process control and high-speed thermal imaging, Journal of Manufacturing Processes (accepted for publication).
2. Zhang Y, Pedersen DB, Mischkot M, Calaon M, Baruffi F, Tosello G. 2018. A Soft Tooling Process Chain for Injection Molding of a 3D Component with Micro Pillars. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 138. Available from: 10.3791/57335
3. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G. 2018. Micro-Injection Moulding In-Line Quality Assurance Based on Product and Process Fingerprints. Micromachines. 9(6). Available from: 10.3390/mi9060293
4. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G. 2018. Effects of micro-injection moulding process parameters on accuracy and precision of thermoplastic elastomer micro rings. Precision Engineering. 51:353-361. Available from: 10.1016/j.precisioneng.2017.09.006
5. Baruffi F, Parenti P, Cacciatore F, Annoni M, Tosello G. 2017. On the Application of Replica Molding Technology for the Indirect Measurement of Surface and Geometry of Micromilled Components. Micromachines. 8(195). Available from: 10.3390/mi8060195
Papers published in Conference Proceedings
1. Tosello G, Gulcur M, Whiteside B, Coates P, Luca A, Lia Fook P, Riemer O, Danilov I, Zanjani M, Hackert-Oschatzchen M, Schubert A, Baruffi F, Ben Achour S, Calaon M, Nielsen C, Bissacco G, Cannella E, Rasmussen A, Bellotti M, Saxena K, Qian J, Reynaerts D, Santoso T, Syam W, Leach R, Kuriakose S, Parenti P, Annoni M, Cai Y, Luo X, Qin Y, Zeidler H. Micro product and process fingerprints for zero-defect net-shape micromanufacturing. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. pp. 98-99.
2. Baruffi F, Gulcur M, Calaon M, Whiteside B, Tosello G. 2018. In-line monitoring of micro structured surface replication in micro-injection moudling. Abstract from euspen Special Interest Group Meeting: Structured and free-form surfaces, Paris, France.
3. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G, Elsborg R. 2018. On the applicability of micro-injection moulding simulations to multivariate integrated process/product optimization. In Proceedings of WCMNM 2018.
4. Baruffi F, Charalambis A, Calaon M, Elsborg R, Tosello G. 2018. Comparison of micro and conventional injection moulding based on process precision and accuracy. Procedia CIRP. 75:149-154. Available from: 10.1016/j.procir.2018.04.046
5. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G. 2018. Prediction of micro-sized flash using micro-injection moulding process simulations. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. pp. 263-264.
6. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G. 2017. Micro injection moulding process optimization of an ultra-small POM three-dimensional component. Abstract from euspen Special Interest Group Meeting: Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
7. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G. 2017. On the performance of micro injection moulding process simulations of TPE micro rings. Abstract from euspen Special Interest Group Meeting: Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
8. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G, Elsborg R. 2017. Investigation on the micro injection molding process of an overmolded multi-material micro component. In: Proceedings of 2017 World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing (WCMNM 2017), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China.
9. Baruffi F, Calaon M, Tosello G, Hansen HN, Prantl M, Miller N. 2017. Replication quality assessment and uncertainty evaluation of a polymer precision injection moulded component. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. pp. 495-496.
10. Loaldi D, Calaon M, Quagliotti D, Baruffi F, Parenti P, Tosello G, Annoni M. 2017. Laser confocal microscope noise evaluation on injection compression moulded (ICM) transparent polymer Fresnel lenses. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology. pp. 357-358.
11. Quagliotti D, Baruffi F, Tosello G, Gasparin S, Annoni M, Parenti P, Sobiecki R, Hansen HN. 2016. Correction of systematic behaviour in topographical surface analysis. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2016) : co-organised with 10th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF2016). Research Publishing Services. pp. 277-280. Available from: 10.3850/978-981-11-0749-8 738.
12. Baruffi F, Parenti P, Cacciatore F, Annoni M, Tosello G. 2016. Investigation on the micromilled surface characterization through replica technology. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture (4M2016) : co-organised with 10th International Workshop on Microfactories (IWMF2016). Research Publishing Services. pp. 277-280. Available from: 10.3850/978-981-11-0749-8 726.
13. Quagliotti D, Baruffi F, Tosello G, Gasparin S, Annoni M, Parenti P, Sobiecki R, Hansen HN. 2016. Performance verification of focus variation and confocal microscopes measuring tilted ultra-fine surfaces. In Proceedings of euspen’s 16th International Conference & Exhibition.
Oral presentations given
1. Federico Baruffi, Integrated micro product/process quality assurance in micro injection moulding production, MICROMAN Micro-and Nano Manufacturing Technologies Workshop at the Euspen International Conference, Bilbao, Spain, June 3rd, 2019.
2. Micro Injection Molding Process Optimization Using Flash as Fingerprint Quality Indicator, 33rd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society, Cancun, MX, 11th December 2017.
3. On the applicability of micro injection molding simulations to multivariate integrated process/product optimization, 33rd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society, Cancun, MX, 11th December 2017.
4. Micro injection moulding process optimization of an ultra-small POM three-dimensional component, euspen Special Interest Group Meeting: Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Glasgow, UK, 8th November 2017.
5. A comparison of image processing software for pitch and step height measurements on injection-compression-moulded Fresnel lens, 16th International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces (Met&Props 2017), Gothenburg, SE, 28th June 2017.
6. Simulations of micro injection molding of TPE micro rings – Digital Experiments for process/product optimization, Moldflow European User Meeting 2017, Frankfurt, DE, 3rd May 2017.
7. Investigation on the micro injection molding process of an overmolded multi-material micro component, World Congress on Micro and Nano Manufacturing (WCMNM 2017), Kaohsiung, TW, 28th March 2017.
8. Investigation on the micromilled surface characterization through replica technology, 4M/IWMF2016 Conference, Kgs. Lyngby, DK, 15th September 2016.
Poster presentations given
1. Characterization of Injection Compression Molding (ICM) in Fresnel Lenses Production Using Amorphous Polymer Materials, 33rd International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society, Cancun, MX, 12th December 2017.
2. On the performance of micro injection moulding process simulations of TPE micro rings, euspen Special Interest Group Meeting: Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Glasgow, UK, 8th November 2017.
3. Replication quality assessment and uncertainty evaluation of a polymer precision injection moulded component, 17th International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Hannover, DE, 30th May 2017.