Fotofab
Fotofab is a supplier of chemically etched metal parts, based in Chicago in the United States. Founded in 1967 by Howard Friedman,[1] the company is privately owned. Fotofab supplies metal parts with a process called photochemical machining, or chemical etching, to companies in the aerospace, medical, electronics, automotive, telecommunications, and food processing equipment industries.
Fotofab has supplied custom etched metal parts for use in university studies, including a 2007 study by the University of North Carolina on the development of a magnetic manipulator for microbiological and single molecule investigations, which used acid etched pole tips from Fotofab in the study.[2] For the Steven's Institute of Technology, Fotofab used photochemical machining to manufacture Beryllium copper bases used in the development of a Two-Dimensional, Vision-Based µN Force Sensor for Microrobotics.[3]
Metal parts manufactured by Fotofab include face plates used in F-14 Tomcat and A-6 Intruder military aircraft, precision metal screens used for straining tomatoes to mass-produce ketchup, precision thin metal parts used in defibrillators for pre-mature babies, and pre-production R&D parts for consumer products like the Motorola RAZR V3 phone keypads[citation needed].
Fotofab is also the manufacturer of stainless steel automobile gauge face overlays including custom gauge faces for sports figures such as Shaquille O'Neal and NFL players Koren Robinson and Shawn Springs[citation needed].
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=howard-friedman&pid=169587466
- ↑ UNC Chapel Hill, Dissertation, Fisher, J.K., Development of a Magnetic Manipulator for Microbiological and Single Molecule Investigations, p. 54
- ↑ Steven's Institute of Technology, Two-Dimensional, Vision-Based µN Force Sensor for Microrobotics, Capelleri, Piazza & Kimar.
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