Current nanoscale machining requires high stability and rigidity in machines and this is generally achieved by adopting large masses in the structures.

Mohad is working in a team at Brunel under the leadership of professor Kai Cheng, to develop a machine tool capable of attaining 50nm accuracy with staggering 5nm repeatability. The focus of MASMICRO is to make a machine that is perhaps one-tenth of the size of anything that's gone before. At one-tenth of the price! The invention must also remain suitable for mass production of micro components within small and medium enterprises (SME) in the manufacturing sector.

In order to achieve these ambitious objectives, no fewer than thirty-six partnering organisations from 13 countries are collaborating. Delta Tau is associated with the project and Mohad Khaled is thrilled to be receiving its bursary sponsorship.

“I started work on MacMicro in July 2004, it is part of the research for my Phd in control systems, ” says Mohad, “ and it is an amazing project to be working on. Delta Tau has made a big contribution by providing my sponsorship together with technical support and guidance. We have already obtained a mirror image surface from our test bench and I am looking forward to completing further experiments.”

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