Analysis and manufacturing of a piston by using mechanical high-precision micromachining

Abstract

I'm required to fabricate a piston of 2mm diameter for carring out an experiment to learn more about the fenomenon called adhesion. So I must decide which is the suitable strategy and tools (buy new tools if it's necessary) required to manufacture the piston, manufacture the piston by my own using a CNC machione, this includes learning completely how it works the CNC. And after make a revision if the tolerance and superficial quality required is reached and also make a comparation with the same piston but manufacturated by using an electroerosion machine (EDM). The dificulty lies in reaching this high precision and tolerance with standard CNC machine. If the experiment of adhesion is carried out during my stage in Milano the project will include the results of the experiment dealing with if the piston has acomplished it's function.