Nick Wheeler | 01/08/2021 14:24:17 |
1227 forum posts 101 photos | Posted by Pete Rimmer on 01/08/2021 11:41:07:
A gauge even if it could be made to 1nm tolerance would be useless. Using it one single time would put it out of tolerance. But a designer/engineer/fabricator/machinist/inspector has to pick an appropriate measurement between holding up their hands and saying make it this big, or millionths of a millimetre |
Michael Gilligan | 01/08/2021 21:21:29 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by SillyOldDuffer on 01/08/2021 13:35:14: […] What's the smallest technology being made at the moment? I think it's transistors, the smallest of which at the moment are about 70 silicon atoms across, roughly 14 nanometres, but research is pushing hard to make them smaller. Electronics are easier to miniaturise than mechanical mechanisms, but considerable progress has been made with them too. […] . Not quite answering your ‘smallest technology’ question, Dave … but I think ‘mechanical engineers’ should be impressed by this little gadget: **LINK** https://www.nanosurf.com/downloads/Nanosurf-DriveAFM-Brochure.pdf I attended a short Zoom presentation about it, but please don’t ask me any hard questions !! MichaelG. . More here, if your mind is not already boggled Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/08/2021 21:27:48 |
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