ABSTRACT
Microproducts are widely used owing to their compactness, low material requirement, low power consumption, high sensitivity, and many other advantages over macroproducts. Micromanufacturing is becoming an inevitable part of household life and various industries such as electronics, telecommunication, medicine, defense, and automotives. It is one of the fundamental technologies that lead the market of miniaturized products, and which involves material removal, material deposition, or constant volume process (by changing the shape and size of the material). This chapter provides a brief introduction to the different micromanufacturing processes (microcutting, microforming, micromolding/casting, and microjoining) and their applications, which are widely used for the production of microcomponents.
