Sustainable and Reconfigurable Machines for Mini and Micro-Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The need for performances improvement and systems optimization remains an urgency in a wide variety of industrial and scientific fields. This need increases especially in mini and micro applications, in which high precisions and accuracies are required, and the instrumental obsolescence can negatively influence the system performance.

According to a sustainable rationale, currently operating systems can be improved thanks to the integration of innovative devices, or the adoption of machine flexible add-ons. Those systems can compensate for instance obsolescence effects such as friction wear and tear and backlashes, with modular or reconfigurable attachments, or simply assure better and reliable performance to actual devices.

Therefore, this Special Issue aims to investigate technical and methodological advances and innovations in performance enhancement of machines for micro and mini applications: Research papers, short communications, and review articles are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Alberto Borboni
Prof. Dr. Riccardo Adamini
Guest Editors

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