NEWS 13 August 2020

Mikroniek December: Reaching for the stars

The December issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of astronomical instruments. The coverage includes two of the world’s super telescopes that are currently under...


The December issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of astronomical instruments. The coverage includes two of the world’s super telescopes that are currently under design/construction, the European Extremely Large Telescope, with strong input from TNO, and the Thirty Meter Telescope. Naturally, this issue also contains reports of the 2016 Precision Fair, the annual highlight for the Dutch precision engineering community, and the award ceremonies for precision engineering ‘stars’ under the auspices of DSPE, and much more.

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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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