NEWS 13 August 2020

Mikroniek October: Big Science and Precison Fair preview

The October issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Big Science. It covers projects like Virgo (gravitational-wave detection), the James Webb Space Telescope (the...

The October issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Big Science. It covers projects like Virgo (gravitational-wave detection), the James Webb Space Telescope (the Hubble successor) and the European Extremely Large Telescope. ‘Off-theme’ topics include a micro frequency-quadrupler transmission mechanism for a watch, micro-optofluidics and hexapods.

The six nominees for the Wim van der Hoek Award 2018 are presented.

The preview of the Precision Fair 2018 features general info, including the Big Science conference programme, and a selection of innovations on display. The exhibitor list, with DSPE members among them highlighted, and the floor plan are also included.

 

Please send an e-mail for information on how to obtain a hardcopy of the October edition.

 

 

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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