to the recombination framework have to be deeper than the deepest structure that is being replicated typically one period or cell of the recombination framework coincides with a single micro optical or micro mechanical element which can be obtained by dicing or separating the plate along dicing streets 18 cf fig7 in fig7 there is one contiguous optically active micro structured area 14 per cell in the case where several individual elements form a more complex component one period or cell of the recombination framework can contain several identical or different sub cells 19 cf fig8 and fig9 where each one can contain individual troughs and channels in fig8 and 9 different types of micro optical micro mechanical or micro fluidic structures are represented by different textures in fig9 each cell comprises four sub cells recombined in a regular arrangement complex components as in fig8 and 9 may require that more than one type of microstructure is used e g different types of micro optics and or combining micro optics with micro mechanics this can be achieved either by replicating different microstructures in separate troughs simultaneously or by repeating the above described process with different types of microstructures each one used only in a defined subset of.