NEWS 28 February 2023

Additive manufacturing update

The news about additive manufacturing (AM) was buzzing in the run-up to, during and in the aftermath of the leading fair in this area, Formnext 2022, which attracted nearly 30,000 visitors in Frankfurt (Germany) last November.


Numerous AM technology suppliers presented their latest developments for the technology that is becoming increasingly relevant in the high-tech precision community. This Mikroniek article presents a few Formnext highlights and other developments in the AM arena. (Image: Rivelin Robotics)


References

Order of frictions and stiffnesses…

For lumped systems consisting of different frictions and stiffnesses, there has been confusion in literature about hysteresis curves and virtual play for many decades.

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Make it clean

In mid-April, the second edition of the Manufacturing Technology Conference and the fifth edition of the Clean Event were held together, for the first time, at the Koningshof in Veldhoven (NL).

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Bringing particles to light

Particle contamination monitoring and cleanliness control are fundamental to micromanufacturing processes across diverse industries to achieve cost-effective production of high-quality and reliable microscale devices and components.

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