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YPN visit to JPE
From the ins and outs of a cold chopper for astronomy to the latest developments in nanopositioning systems, YPN’s visit to JPE…
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DSPE appoints Martin van den Brink as an honorary member
Upon his retirement from ASML, Martin van den Brink was appointed honorary member of DSPE.
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First ECP2 Silver certificate lays foundation for system engineer position
Recently, the first ECP2 Silver certificate was awarded. ECP2 is the European certified precision engineering course programme that emerged from a collaboration…
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DSPE Symposium 2024
Following up on earlier successful editions, we are organizing the 6th edition of the DSPE Symposium on Opto-mechatronics for October 8, 2024…
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Mikroniek April issue: Progress in Actuator Technology
The April issue of Mikroniek is devoted to progress in actuator technology.
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Rotating MagLev sample manipulator
In synchrotron beamlines, samples are analysed, while precisely positioned in the X-ray beam.
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Actuator matrix design for over-actuated systems
High-tech positioning systems require high controller bandwidths and the decoupling of the various degrees of freedom (DoFs) to obtain the best system…
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Hybrid variable-reluctance actuator technology on-sky
Astronomers use deformable mirrors to improve the image of a telescope by correcting for the optical distortions caused by atmospheric turbulence.
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High-velocity innovation
Making crucial design decisions early in the concept phase of a project, may lead to severe cost and time overruns when these…
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YPN visited Kulicke & Soffa in Eindhoven
The Young Precision Network (YPN) - part of the DSPE community - organises events for young professionals and students. On Thursday February…
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Reducing vibrations in robotic systems
Input shaping can effectively reduce residual vibrations in flexible systems induced by the position trajectory.
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Mikroniek February issue: High-Tech Systems
The February issue of Mikroniek, is devoted to the theme of High-Tech Systems.
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May 30 DSPE Knowledge day theme: Beyond nanometrology
Please be invited to the upcoming DSPE Knowledge Day at Settels Savenije Eindhoven. FULLY BOOKED
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Techcafé on working together as in the once famous NatLab
Philips Research, the once famous NatLab, was a breeding ground for unexpected ideas and solutions. Innovation was stimulated there as people from…
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Access to cleanliness – symposium report
Contamination control is critical for the operation of high-end manufacturing equipment.
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How a course pushed the synchrotron community forward
Working as a particle accelerator engineer at Argonne National Laboratory, Curt Preissner ran into the limits of their design philosophy.
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Mikroniek December 2023: System Architecture
The December issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of System Architecture. In his editorial, Michiel van Osch, associate professor of…
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Synthesis-based engineering of supervisory controllers
Synthesis-based engineering (SBE) provides assistance needed to manage the complexity of guaranteeing safe control, by combining model-based engineering with computer-aided design.
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Reaction force cancellation without a balance mass
In many precision machines with an internal motion stage, the requirements for throughput and accuracy pose conflicting demands on the system design.
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Model-based modular redesign with system-level guarantees
Complex mechatronic systems are often developed by multiple engineering teams, each responsible for parts (modules) of the system (re)design.
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Rethinking the system – Food for thought
The fifth edition of the DSPE Conference, on 26-27 September 2023, was held in an inspiring and relaxed atmosphere that facilitated meeting…
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YPN visited Demcon High Tech Systems in Best
The Young Precision Network (YPN) - part of the DSPE community - organises events for young professionals and students. On Thursday December…
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Techcafé: Materialen, functionaliteit, kosten en maakbaarheid
(event in het Nederlands) Het Techcafé op 22 februari is de centrale ontmoetingsplaats voor professionals in de hightech- en maakindustrie.
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Max van Lith (Nobleo Technology) receives Ir. A. Davidson Award 2023
Prize for emerging talent, knowledge provider and source of information
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Wim van der Hoek Award goes to Avans duo Marc Slob and Youp Verbakel
Prize for the automatic assembly of shovels and spades
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Lunch lecture April hosted by Demcon
"Developing unbiased and excellent algorithms without real life data”
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Lunch lecture February hosted by Hittech Multin
Productie tooling and a qualificatie framework.
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YPN visits Kulicke & Soffa
The next YPN company visit will take place at Kulicke & Soffa, located in Eindhoven, on Thursday 1st of February 2024.
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YPN at the precisionfair
The mission of DSPE YPN is to connect young professionals in Precision Engineering to each other, and to the extensive network of…
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Lunch lecture March hosted by TU/Delft
Stinging success: drawing parallels between wasps and needles
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Lunch lecture December hosted by TU/e, ASMPT
Model-Based Modular Redesign with System-level Guarantees
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Mikroniek November 2023: Software & Machine Learning
The November issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of Software & Machine Learning.
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YPN visited TNO in Delft
The Young Precision Network (YPN) - part of the DSPE community - organises events for young professionals and students. Thursday October 26th,…
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2023 nominees
The Wim van der Hoek Award honours the Dutch doyen of design engineering principles, Wim van der Hoek, who passed away in…
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Precision Fair 2023 preview: AM for Precision, and much more
This year will see the 22nd edition of the Precision Fair, on 15 and 16 November in the Brabanthallen in Den Bosch…
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𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐒𝐏𝐄 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬!
November 2nd the DSPE Knowledge Day on Engineering for #Cryogenics took place.
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Agricultural evolution with deep learning
Deep learning is pivotal in modern agriculture, especially for advanced agri-robots.
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Gas-bearing design supported by artificial intelligence
One of the most discussed issues at the Gas Bearing Workshop 2023 was how artificial intelligence (AI) is being applied to reduce…
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From fault diagnosis and predictive maintenance to control reconfiguration
Digital twins are increasingly being developed for industrial high-tech systems.
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DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics 2023
The fifth edition of the DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics on 26-27 September 2023 was a great succes!
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Preserving precision in PEEK printing
Bond3D’s unique 3D-printing technology has vastly expanded the application scope of PEEK.
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Sustainability – ASML adopts a circular economy model
ASML has established the House of Re-use. To contribute to a circular economy model, fewer new parts are designed and the re-use…
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Alignment turning for high-precision optical systems
The demand for high-precision optical manufacturing technologies is increasing.
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Challenges and opportunities in gradient-index optics
A range of new manufacture methods promise gradient-index (GRIN) lenses of arbitrary distribution and an expanded range of refractive index variation.
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Mikroniek September 2023: New Manufacturing Technologies
The September issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of New Manufacturing Technologies.
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Lunch Lecture November hosted by Nobleo
Design, validation, and implementation of a negative stiffness mechanism using magnets
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Henny Spaan honoured with the prestigious Martin van den Brink Award
On july 6 Henny Spaan - founder and CEO of IBS Precision Engineering - was honoured with the prestigious Martin van den…
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Mikroniek June 2023: Model-Based System Engineering
The June issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE). Gerrit Muller, an authority in the field…
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Davidson award 2023
The DSPE is going to present the 9th edition of the “Davidson Award” this year, on November 16th at 4:30pm during the…
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Lunch lecture October hosted by TU Delft
Design strategies for large range flexure mechanisms
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Who will you recommend for the Wim van der Hoek Award 2023?
Recommend your best graduate for the Wim van der Hoek award 2023 before September 8.
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System behaviour prediction by modelling and simulation
Modern product design requires a structured systems engineering approach, such as that characterised by the V-model. Different phases represent different levels of…
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Computer-aided systems engineering: Elephant Specification Language
New methods and software tools have been designed to support the transition from document-driven to model-based systems engineering.
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YPN visits TNO Delft
The next YPN company visit will take place at TNO Optomechatronics, located in Delft, on Thursday 26th of October 2023.
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Axiomatic Design
Axiomatic Design (AD) is a systems engineering methodology that enables the creation of good system designs by improving the causality of system…
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2 November DSPE Knowledge Day about ‘Engineering for Cryogenics.’
Cryogenic mechanisms for the Extremely Large Telescope.
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Techcafé 14 September in samenwerking met het Mikrocentrum
Het thema dit keer is Contaminatie in de High Tech. Dit event wordt in het Nederlands gehouden.
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DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics 2023
The fifth edition of the DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics on 26-27 September 2023 was a great succes!
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DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics september 2023
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Mikroniek April 2023: Sensors & Actuators
The April issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of Sensors & Actuators. DSPE president Hans Krikhaar kicks off playfully in…
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Beyond inertial match
In high-dynamic mechatronic systems, the inertial match principle is a widespread concept used by engineers to assist with actuator and transmission selection.
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Measuring ground reaction forces in running-specific prostheses
Although running-specific prostheses (RSPs) already allow amputee sprinters to run almost as fast as able-bodied sprinters, new ways of measuring these prostheses…
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Report of the successful DSPE Optomechatronics Symposium 2023
Last month, the DSPE Optomechatronics Week 2023 was a great success. Preceded by a fully booked three-day Optomechanical System Design course, the…
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Combining sensors and interferometers for nanometrology
A nanomeasuring and nanopositioning machine/platform, in combination with an atomic force microscope,
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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…
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Molecular contamination control enables the ‘big enabler’ – vacuum
Chemical or molecular contaminants are harmful in vacuum applications because they disturb the operation, which can lead to lower production yield or…
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Mikroniek February 2023: High-Tech Systems
The February issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of High-Tech Systems. It starts with the condensed version of a whitepaper…
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ROS2 motion controllers for mobile robot navigation
There is an increasing need for deploying Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in the care sector, the public domain (hospitality and surveillance) and…
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YPN visit IBS precision engineering on June 8
We will visit IBS Precision Engineering, located in Eindhoven. IBSPE has been helping customers address unique problems for over 30 years. With…
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Marc Gritter new boardmember YPN
Since I will be joining the board of YPN to work together with Matthijs and Maurits, I would like to introduce myself…
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Martin van den Brink award 2023 on july 6 at Mikrocentrum Veldhoven
DSPE is organizing the fourth edition of the Martin van den Brink Award. The award named after chief product and technology officer…
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Lunch Lecture June hosted by Nobleo Technology
Development of a Fully Autonomous Tractor for Sustainable Agriculture
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A mechatronic Machine Learning case
To date, Machine Learning (ML) has found only relatively limited implementation in high-end mechatronic systems. To test its capabilities in a real…
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Mikroniek December 2022: Green Precision
The December issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of Green Precision. It features articles on motion energy harvesting, nuclear-fusion plasma…
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Lunch Lecture May 8 hosted by MI – Partners
Control of a rotating MagLev sample manipulator.
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Next level in laser guide star creation
To meet the ever-increasing demands for large telescopes, a so-called laser guide star can be used for adaptive optics correction.
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Obituary: Piet Schellekens (1941-2023)
Piet Schellekens, emeritus professor of Precision Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) since 2004, died at the beginning of this year.…
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Techcafé about Artificial Intelligence April 20
Techcafé is in the Dutch language. DÉ PLEK OM ONGEDWONGEN NIEUWE CONTACTEN OP TE DOEN ÉN ONDER HET GENOT VAN EEN BORREL…
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DPPM Cases now available on the DSPE website
Design Principles for Precision Mechatronics. A collection of applications categorized in themes known from construction principles.
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Lunch Lecture April hosted by Sioux
Spatial Gaussian process repetitive control for suppressing spatial disturbances in an industrial substrate carrier.
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Optomechatronics Symposium 2023 March 30
This symposium is intended for engineers and architects participating in or interested in the design and building of optical hardware. It is…
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Taking ECP2-certified courses on the path to a senior architect role
Moiz Hyderabadwala, senior mechanical engineer at ASML, received a Bronze certificate from ECP2, the European certified precision engineering course programme that is…
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Towards negative emissions through direct air capture
Every day, the news has some mention of climate change. A flood, a forest fire, a climate summit, climate protestors,...
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Call for abstracts DSPE Conference 2023
The organizing committee invites you to submit a short abstract for a 20 minutes presentation and publication in the conference proceedings. Please…
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Bye bye primary batteries, hello energy harvesters
Harvesting vibration energy from the environment and storing it in a capacitor or a rechargeable battery provides a solution for powering devices…
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By bus to the fair
In an era when the Netherlands plays a key role in the global high-tech industry, connecting well-educated engineers of the future with…
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Lunch Lecture March 6 hosted by ASML
Bayesian Networks for automated root cause detection in mechatronic systems. The speaker will be Jimmy van Schoubroeck, researcher at the Mechatronics and…
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MathWorks news!
Simulink Products Now Support Infineon's Latest AURIX TC4x Family of Automotive Microcontrollers.
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Techcafé about Predictive maintenance
February 9 at Mikrocentrum. This event is organized in Dutch. Wat zijn de voordelen van Predictive Maintenance? Hoe kan ik starten met…
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YPN visited Nikhef in the Amsterdam Science Park!
On November 24, YPN visited Nikhef and it was a great success. Nikhef is an institute that researches and develops scientific instrumentation,…
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2022 goes to Dennis Struver (TU Eindhoven)
Prize for better measurement of gravitational waves. During the 21st edition of the Precision Fair, held this year in Den Bosch for…
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Lunch Lecture February hosted by KNS Liteq
Design, Integration and Calibration of a Wafer Edge Protection Module in Lithographic Equipment
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Rien Koster Award goes to Hans Vermeulen (ASML and TU/e)
Enthusiastic, hardworking inspirer and team player. During the 21st edition of the Precision Fair, the Rien Koster Award was presented under the…
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Mikroniek November 2022: New design principles
The November issue of Mikroniek features the theme of New Design Principles.
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Five nominations for Wim van der Hoek Award 2022
The youngest generation of mechanical designers is still inspired by the design principles of Wim van der Hoek. The nominations for the…
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Updating DDP, a joint venture of academia, industry and DSPE
An initiative to produce updated design principles for precision mechatronics has been developed by Dutch universities of technology in association with DSPE,…
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Lunch lecture January hosted by the winner of the Wim van der Hoek award 2022
Design of a voice coil actuated active vibration isolator for cryogenic conditions
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Passive damping optimisation using transmission ratios and mode shapes
A broad range of mechanical engineering techniques, from smart design principles to advanced motion control, is available for achieving dynamic performance.
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Reducing sample stage drift velocity
High-contrast imaging in transmission electron microscopes requires that thermal drift of the sample stage is minimised.
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Techcafé December 8
In Dutch: Uitnodiging eindejaarsspecial van het Techcafé. Is Additive Manufacturing alleen geschikt voor prototypes of moeten we kansen voor de productieomgeving niet…
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Precision Fair 2022 preview: Big Science and Big Business
This year will see the 21st edition of the Precision Fair. On 16 and 17 November 2022, the fair will be held…
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Mikroniek September issue: Metrology & Timekeeping
The cover story is about lensless microscopy using coherent diffractive imaging.
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3 day course March: Optomechanical system design
At the request of many people, we are organizing the October course again in March.
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Measuring (the refractive index of) nanoparticles
Measuring nanoparticles becomes increasingly important in healthcare, pharmacology, and environmental sciences, but measuring and obtaining relevant information from single nanoparticles requires cutting-edge…
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Minimising spherical aberrations
Temperature-controlled optical profilometry has historically been a difficult procedure due to imaging issues caused by spherical aberrations.
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Synchronisation of atomic clocks
What time is it? What is time? Time keeps running, but how can you keep up?
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A lensless approach to EUV and soft X-ray microscopy
Semiconductor features such as transistors used in computer chips have reached the nanometer scale, yet metrology tools still have to follow the…
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Lunch Lecture December hosted by Philips Engineering Solutions
Plant zero dynamics, zero errors, zero compromise, with application to medical X-ray systems
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Fourfold ECP2 Bronze
This summer, four people were awarded a Bronze certificate from ECP2, a European certified precision engineering course programme that is a collaboration…
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From bathtub to refrigerator
The use of superconducting magnets for high-field magnetic resonance imaging poses a big cooling challenge.
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Lunch Lecture November hosted by TU Delft
Integrated controller and topology optimization for precision motion systems
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YPN visits Nikhef
YPN has organized a new event. This next event will be a company visit to Nikhef, located in Amsterdam, on the 24th…
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Knowledge day Molecular Contamination Control
Date November 3 2022, 13:00-17:00 hours, Location TNO Delft
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Mikroniek summer issue: Cooling & Cryogenics
In his editorial, Mikrocentrum High Tech Platform manager Maarten Roos looks back on the first Techcafé, a new DSPE-Mikrocentrum collaboration.
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3 Day course October 2022 fully booked: Optomechanical system design
The course focuses on the mechanical and mechatronic design for optical systems and is intended for mechanical, mechatronic and optical engineers involved…
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Dances with foils
In-line interferometry of nanometer-scale profiles in flexible electronics has been developed for application on a moving flexible foil.
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Decreasing stiffness at the cost of emerging hysteresis
Minimising power dissipation is critical for applications in cryogenic environments.
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CryoEM zero-vibration cold tip
In life-sciences research, cooling biological samples of, for example, proteins, viruses and bacteria to extremely low temperatures facilitates new forms of microscopy.
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Lunch lecture October hosted by MTA group
Microsurgical robot MUSA3 – a collaboration between Microsure and MTA
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This is the Techcafé
The first edition of the Tech cafe was a success. It was a great collaboration between the DSPE and the Mikrocentrum.
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Hittech at 2022 EUSPEN conference in Geneva
from the 31th of May to the 3rd of June EUSPEN, the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology held their annual…
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ECP2 courses offer benefits to mechatronic projects
Gert van Ooik, principal system designer mechatronics at Sioux Technologies in Eindhoven (NL), has been awarded the Bronze certificate from the ECP2…
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Addressing the challenge of agri-food variability
Robots have been extremely successful in the past decades, for instance in the car industry, and have also entered the agri-food production…
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Mikroniek April 2022: Agrorobotics
The April issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of Agrorobotics. The main theme articles include the Wageningen-led FlexCraft programme that…
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Cutting-edge mechanisation
Automation of asparagus harvesting has been a long-time challenge because of the delicate nature of the crop.
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Nanometer precision in practice
In 2020, Nobby Assmann won a Zeiss #measuringhero Award for the smallest measured object on a coordinate measuring machine: 0.4 mm x…
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New Modern National Vocational School
Last year, Stef Vink was appointed director-administrator of the Leidse instrumentmakers School (LiS).
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DSPE and Mikrocentrum intensify their collaboration
Precision community for the high-tech and manufacturing industries.
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Lunch Lecture September 5 hosted by TU/e
Position-Dependent Snap Feedforward: A Gaussian Process Framework
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Mikroniek February 2022: High-tech systems
The February issue of Mikroniek is devoted to the theme of High-tech systems.
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A level sensor for the semiconductor industry
In a proof-of-concept study, Hittech Multin successfully designed and built a cost-efficient level sensor, specifically aimed at semiconductor applications, using mostly off-the-shelf…
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ECP2 Bronze for thermal & flow technologist
Joris Oosterhuis, senior technologist Thermal & Flow at Philips Engineering Solutions in Eindhoven (NL), has been awarded the Bronze certificate from the…
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ECP2 Bronze for double duty on mechatronic system design
Maurice Lemmens, system architect at VDL ETG Technology & Development in Eindhoven (NL), has been awarded the Bronze certificate from the ECP2…
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This is the Techcafé about Systems engineering
In the second edition of the Techcafé on July 7 we zoom in on the challenge surrounding Systems engineering.
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Marc Hendrikse new member of the Mikrocentrum board
Strengthens the ambition to embed Lifelong Learning in the high tech industry.
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This is the Tech Cafe
New event! DSPE and Mikrocentrum are organizing this event together on April 28. This first edition of this informal meeting starts at…
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New board member DSPE
Maurits van den Hurk, mechanical engineer at VDL Enabling Technologies Group in Eindhoven (NL), has joined the DSPE board.
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Demcon Lunch lecture June
Breaking the power density world record. How to irradiate a target with an extremely high power density, while cooling it with liquid…
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New actuator systems and applications Conference Germany
The 18th ACTUATOR-International Conference and the 12th International Exhibition on New Actuator Systems and Applications, will take place in Mannheim, Germany, from…
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High-NA EUV lithography challenges – the imec perspective
In the course of 2025, the introduction of the first high-NA (numerical aperture) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment in high-volume manufacturing environments…
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Picosecond ultrasonics for nanometer resolution
Applying ultrasound in the Megahertz range for the investigation of the human body is a well-known medical practice. But using ultrasound to…
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Lunch Lecture July 4 hosted by TNO
Development of a Laser Launch Telescope for Adaptive Optics
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New VCCN guideline: Product Cleanliness
In various industries there is an increasing need for guidance on nano- and microscale surface cleanliness for product development, part manufacturing, surface…
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Active contamination control for equipment and substrates
High-end manufacturing equipment has to support increasing levels of cleanliness.
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Industrial Sustainability Congress 2022 by the House of Technology
The House of technology organizes an interactive conference on May 12 2022. The aim is to contribute to the exchange of experiences…
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Precision Pictures
DSPE wants to make Precision Technology visible to all interested parties, so that we can disseminate the technology, and thus keep the…
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Mikroniek December 2021: Contamination
The December issue of Mikroniek features the theme of Contamination. The main feature is the ACCESS project: Active Contamination Control for Equipment…
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YPN Company visits Prodrive Technologies January 20 2022 postponed
Unfortunately we are forced to postpone the YPN company visit to Prodrive Technologies that was scheduled for January 20th.
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Precision Fair 2021 focus on the future of precision engineering
Precision engineering is one of the foundations of the Dutch knowledge and innovation economy. This became clear once again on 10 and…
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If you can’t stand the heat
Strictly speaking, the SMART project (Source of MedicAl RadioisoTopes) is not Big Science, but the collaboration of over 25 re-search institutes and…
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4 Day course May 2022: Optomechanical system design
After 4 successful editions we will organise a fifth course. With our partner Optence we organize the fifth edition of this course…
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Jan van Eijk
Prof.Dr. Jan van Eijk is awarded the ASPE Lifetime Achievement Award for broad-reaching advances in precision mechatronics and for promoting the active…
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Lunch Lecture April hosted by Hittech Multin.
"Optomechanical design of a robust Echelle spectrometer." The speakers will be: Roelof Jongeneel and Pieter Kappelhof.
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Kees Verbaan (NTS) wins Ir. A. Davidson Award 2021
Prize for multidisciplinary, enthusiastic system architect. During the 20th edition of the Precision Fair, held this year for the first time in…
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Mikroniek October 2021: Astronomical science instrumentation
The October issue of Mikroniek features the Big Science-related theme of astronomical science instrumentation.
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Wim van der Hoek Award goes to TU/e alumnus Nick Habraken
Prize for microsurgery robot redesign. During the 20th edition of the Precision Fair, held this year for the first time in Den…
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Dispuut Taylor at the Precisionfair 2021
Study association of the Precision and Microsystems (PME) department at the Delft University of Technology visited the Precision Fair on the first…
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The Dutch marriage between astronomy and high-tech systems engineering
The Netherlands plays a prominent and long-standing role in astronomy. This is due in part to the Dutch expertise in systems engineering,…
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Lunch lecture February 7 hosted by TMC Mechatronics
From side project to start-up: developing a situational awareness robot. Sita Robotics believes that the lack of information should not be the…
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New date: YPN visits Prodrive Technologies
YPN is going to organize this visit again on March 24 at Prodrive Technologies, located in Son.
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Iterative learning control Lunch Lecture March 7
Iterative learning control enables a next breakthrough in die bonder throughput Nexperia ITEC constantly strives to improve throughput and lower the cost…
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Liaising with the stars
Dutch universities and research institutes such as ASTRON, DIFFER, Nikhef and SRON are involved in large research infrastructures to perform experimental physics…
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Extending ADAT2 equipment lifetime
ITEC’s ADAT2 (Automatic Die ATtach) systems, developed in the 1990s, are still operational in various production sites. An upgrade enabling them to…
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Stress-free production with PECM
PECM (precision electrochemical machining) is a way of removing metal using an electrochemical process. PECM is generally used for manufacturing complex or…
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DSPE Program during the Precision Fair 2021
About the 20th edition of the Precision Fair From micrometer to picometer. The demand for even more accurate and smaller measurements, production…
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The next step of Project MARCH
Project MARCH, a non-profit student team from Delft University of Technology (NL), is driven by the vision that using exoskeleton technology can…
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DSPE Conference 14-15 September 2021
On September 14 and 15 the DSPE Conference Special Edition was held at the premises of “The Royal Netherlands Air Force Historic…
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DSPE Knowledge day November 23 2021 Engineering for Contamination Control
On 23 November DSPE will organize the Knowledge day Engineering for Contamination Control. This DSPE event is organized in collaboration with VCCN…
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4th Gas Bearing Workshop in Düsseldorf on November 15, 2021
The Gas Bearing Workshop is aimed at creating a platform for the gas bearing community. Experts, scientists, research engineers, users and manufacturers/vendors…
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Design principles for a collimator at 35 g
The design principles of the late Wim van der Hoek, former Philips engineer and Eindhoven professor, are still current in high-tech systems…
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Meet DSPE at the PRECISION FAIR November 10 / 11 2021.
The Precision Fair has been the most important annual meeting point for precision technology professionals for the last 20 years. There’s a large need…
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Lunch Lecture January 2022 hosted by NTS-Group
“Verification and manufacturability of robust mass damping (RMD)” Dynamical performance of undamped tuned mass dampers (TMD) is sensitive to mistuning, both in…
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Mikroniek September 2021: (Bio)medical precision
The September 2021 issue of Mikroniek features the theme of (bio)medical precision. The cover story presents the bio-inspired design of a self-propelling…
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Bio-inspired design of a self-propelling and steerable needle
The design of a self-propelling, steerable needle was inspired by a wasp’s ovipositor, a thin, flexible needle-like structure used for laying eggs…
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Lunch Lecture December hosted by Sioux Technologies
“Hope for the best but prepare for the worst”End-stop design challenges in Mechatronic Systems. By Ronald Plak, Mechanical System Architect at Sioux…
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VCCN Symposium Product Cleanliness 2021
On Thursday October 14th, VCCN organizes the symposium Product Cleanliness. Suppliers are increasingly being asked to deliver clean products to OEM companies…
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Ir. A. Davidson award 2021
We are happy to announce that DSPE will be awarding the 9th Ir. A. Davidson Award this year. Unfortunately last year’s…
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Motion feedforward tuning for hysteretic piezo actuators
Piezo stepper actuators are used in many nanopositioning systems because of their high resolution, high stiffness and fast response, and their ability…
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Wim van der Hoek Boek (in Dutch)
Bestel hier het boek “Wim van der Hoek (1924-2019) – Een constructief leven” Kaleidoscopisch boek over grondlegger Nederlandse mechatronica-industrie Wim van der…
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Mikroniek June 2021: Precision mechatronics
The June 2021 issue of Mikroniek features the theme of precision mechatronics. This is related to the DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics…
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A tuneable resonant scanning mirror
Scanning mirrors are widely used in optical systems to direct reflected light. Hittech Group, a first-tier system supplier in mechatronics and optomechatronics,…
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DSPE Conference 2021 September 14 & 15
We are happy to annouce the program for the special edition of the DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics. This event is only…
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Design of a retractable imaging device
A novel design of a retractable imaging device that is able to facilitate a fragile image sensor has been developed. Two major…
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Precision for photonics
The adoption of photonic chips is currently held back by the considerable cost involved in their production. In particular, optical fibre alignment…
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Who will you nominate for the Wim van der Hoek Award 2021?
We are requesting technical universities and colleges in the Netherlands and Flanders to submit their students’ graduation reports before September 10. An…
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Tuning the stiffness of compliant ortho-planar mechanisms
Compliant ortho-planar mechanisms can be fabricated from a single sheet of material and they can move out of the plane in which…
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Lunch Lecture November 1 2021 hosted by NTS-group
Experimental validation of forced flow cooling As in most projects when hardware is realized, test are performed to validate the design. In…
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Broad initiative for Lifelong Optics Learning platform
The Dutch Lifelong Optics Learning initiative aims to provide an optics and photonics training platform for professionals. A practical, testable and modular…
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Course Opto – Mechanical System Design (registration no longer possible)
After 2 succesful editions we organise a third course 27, 28 and 29 September in 2021. The course focuses on the mechanical and…
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Watch innovation based on compliant mechanisms
Earlier this year, Swiss watchmaker Frederique Constant launched a technological breakthrough in the field of precision timekeeping. Redefining the principles of mechanical…
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Lunch Lecture September 6 hosted by Nobleo Technology
Direct drive or Indirect? That’s the question. The lecture will be given by Niels Koenraad, Nobleo Technology Typical struggles in actuator selection…
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No more gear backlash thanks to dual-loop control
Can loads be positioned dynamically, with high precision and no oscillation, despite mechanical backlash and elastic components? maxon offers a solution by…
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DSPE boardmember received his PhD degree
Matthijs van Gastel recently received his PhD degree for his thesis “Automated sub-micron accurate #optical #fiberalignment for #photonic applications”. Research from Matthijs has shown an improved method of…
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Continuous evolution of 60-year-old laser technology
Sixty years after its inception, laser technology is still steadily evolving and a large number of industrial applications have been developed over…
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Mikroniek April 2021: Watch innovation and compliant mechanisms
The April issue of Mikroniek features the theme of microsystems. The cover story presents watch innovation based on a high-frequency oscillator designed…
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Improving hexapod positioning performance through compensation for mechanical compliance in parallel kinematics
In hexapods using six length-adjustable struts for positioning an end-effector, the compliance (or inversely, the stiffness) of individual components or structures, such…
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Agile systems engineering approach towards high-throughput 3D metrology equipment for semiconductor process control
In the semiconductor industry, Moore’s law comes with increasing and complex demands and the need for advanced process control metrology. Nearfield Instruments…
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Lunch Lecture July 5 hosted by IBS Precision Engineering
This DSPE Lunch Lecture is hosted by IBS Precision Engineering. The title is: “The ALICE Detector Experiment at CERN – Delivery of…
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Martijn Wijns has been awarded the Bronze Certificate from the ECP2 programme
With ECP2 Bronze from software to system architect Martijn Wijns, software architect at Sioux Technologies in Eindhoven (NL), has been awarded the…
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Merging systems architecture and project management
In recent years, systems engineering (SE) is becoming more important in the Dutch high-tech equipment industry. Increasing system complexity and increasing team…
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Mikroniek December 2020: Systems engineering and vaccine carriers
The December issue of Mikroniek features the theme of systems engineering & design methodology. It focuses on the Dutch approach to systems…
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Large dynamic range atomic force microscope
In semiconductor manufacturing, the shrink following Moore’s law requires ever tighter overlay and registration between the different (material) layers. For accurately characterising…
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Wafer-handler systems engineering and magnetic bearing design
A systems engineering approach to the design of a wafer handler is presented in this Mikroniek article, starting with an introduction to…
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Lunch Lecture October 4 2021 hosted by VSL National Metrology Institute
Metrology for the Green Deal: characterization of Nanowire systems Nanowire systems show great potential as energy harvesting devices to create small amounts…
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Knowledge day Topology Optimization March 2 and 9
In complex engineering problems, particularly with multiphysics, the multitude of boundary conditions quickly becomes too complex for engineers to oversee. At the…
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Bronze ECP2 certificate for Jordy Nieuwhoff of ASML
Jordy Nieuwhoff, optomechanical lead design engineer at ASML, has been awarded the Bronze certificate from the ECP2 programme, a European certified precision…
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Eight Nominations for 2020 Wim van der Hoek Award
Mechanical design based on the design principles defined by Wim van der Hoek is very much alive. The Philips engineer and part-time…
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2020 goes to TU/e alumnus Teun van de Sande
During the online programme of the 2020 Precision Fair, the Wim van der Hoek Award was presented under the auspices of DSPE.…
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Mikroniek April 2021: Watch innovation and compliant mechanisms
The April issue of Mikroniek features the theme of microsystems. The cover story presents watch innovation based on a high-frequency oscillator designed…
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Knowledge Day Topology Optimization digital: Date March 2 and 9 from 3:00 – 5:00pm
In complex engineering problems, particularly with multiphysics, the multitude of boundary conditions quickly becomes too much for a single engineer to oversee.…
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Lunch lecture June 7 hosted by ASM Pacific Technology
This DSPE Lunch Lecture is hosted by ASM Pacific Technology The title is “Settling performance improvements of bonding semicon manufacturing equipment using nonlinear…
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Mikroniek March: High-tech systems
The March issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, is dedicated in part to the theme of High-tech systems. It…
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Mikroniek December 2019: Energy (micro & macro)
The December issue of Mikroniek is dedicated in part to the theme of Energy (micro & macro). It features articles on miniaturised…
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KNOWLEDGE DAY Engineering for Contamination Control
A new edition of the DSPE Knowledge Day on Engineering for (Particle) Contamination Control will be held 2 April 2020.. The event…
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High – Tech Systems digital Conference on March 25
Meet new people from your field of work, expand your network or catch up and chatter with acquaintances like you are at…
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Mikroniek October: Precision sensors and Precion Fair preview
The October issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Precision sensors. It covers the design of…
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Mikroniek September 2019: Manufacturability
The September issue of Mikroniek features the theme of manufacturability in a very broad sense. Obviously, additive manufacturing (AM) is covered extensively,…
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Mikroniek April 2019: Thermal control
The April issue of Mikroniek features the theme of thermal control. Today, thermomechanics is crucial for successfully designing precision systems, especially optical…
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Mikroniek June: Design Principles
This edition of Mikroniek aims to honour the memory of Wim van der Hoek with articles about designs in his vein and…
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Mikroniek February: Between misalignment and self-alignment
The February issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, contains a preview of the High-Tech Systems 2019 event as well…
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Mikroniek December: Software & machine learning
The December issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Software & machine learning. It covers applications…
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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…
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Mikroniek September issue: Precision Talent
The September issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Precision Talent which covers a wide variety…
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Mikroniek June issue: Precision Mechatronics
The June issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Precision Mechatronics. In part dedicated to the…
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Mikroniek April issue: Precision Bearing Technology
The April issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of Precision Bearing Technology. Contributions cover air, ferrofluid…
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MIKRONIEK Readers’ survey
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Mikroniek February: from Agile eye to Zygo innovation
Mikroniek February: from Agile eye to Zygo innovation The February issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, contains a preview…
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Mikroniek December issue: ‘Precision in Agro’ and milti-dimensional reports
The December issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of ‘Precision in Agro’ and includes articles on…
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Mikroniek September: Optomechatronics
The September issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of optomechatronics in anticipation of the DSPE Optics…
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Mikroniek June: Flexures and mechanisms
The June issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features the theme of flexures and mechanisms. Flexures, or rather compliant…
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Mikroniek April issue: (Soft) Robotics
The April issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, is to a large extent devoted to the theme of (soft)…
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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…
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Mikroniek October: DSPE Conference report, Precision Fair 2016 preview, and Additive Manufacturing focus
The October issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, which has recently appeared, is loaded with information. It contains a…
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Mikroniek September: DSPE Conference catalogue and more
The forthcoming Mikroniek issue, click here for a first impression, will appear on 16 September. In part dedicated to the DSPE Conference…
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DSPE Knowledge Day Precision Engineering in Vacuum June 15
Join the DSPE Knowledge Day “Precision Engineering in Vacuum” This online afternoon addresses vacuum technology from design, analysis and test point of…
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Mikroniek April: Thermal issues and gravitational waves
The forthcoming Mikroniek issue, click here for a first impression, will appear on 1 July. It is in part dedicated to mechatronic…
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Mikroniek December: Robots preparing pizzas or cleaning windows
The forthcoming December issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, is in part devoted to robotics. A wide range of…
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Lunch Lecture March hosted by SRON
Development of the SPEXone spectropolarimeter instrument, the Dutch contribution to the NASA PACE satellite observatory By Alexander Eigenraam, senior mechanical design engineer…
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Mikroniek: Merging systems architecture and project management
In recent years, systems engineering (SE) is becoming more important in the Dutch high-tech equipment industry. Increasing system complexity and increasing team…
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Mikroniek: Large dynamic range atomic force microscope
The second part of the Optics Week, on 1-3 October 2019, was filled with the Optomechanical system design course.
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Mikroniek: Wafer-handler systems engineering and magnetic bearing design
A systems engineering approach to the design of a wafer handler is presented in this Mikroniek article, starting with an introduction to…
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Publication table and advertisement list Mikroniek 2019 available
The new list for advertisement cost for the Mikroniek is available. It also contains the publication table and topics. >Mikroniek TK 2019.pdf
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2018 presented to Martin Kristelijn (TUe)
During the 18th edition of the Precision Fair, the Wim van der Hoek Award 2018 was presented under the auspices of the…
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Ir. A. Davidson Award 2018 for Lennino Cacace
Complex opticsThis year, the panel of judges for the Ir. A. Davidson Award received a large number of nominations of excellent candidates,…
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS DSPE conference on precision mechatronics
Short abstracts of papers/demonstrations/posters (in English, max. one A4 page and preferably including illustrative pictures and photo’s) should be send to info@dspe-conference.nl.…
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Marco Wieland (Mapper Lithography) receives the Martin van den Brink Award
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With precision training to specialist level: bronze certificate for Frank de Groot of Tegema
Frank de Groot, senior engineer at Tegema, has been awarded the Bronze ECP2 certificate. He achieved this by following a number of…
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A total of nine nominees for Wim van der Hoek Award 2017
Technical talent, crucial for the future of the Dutch high-tech industry, is graduating at a high level at universities and universities of…
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Nominate your best graduate before 7 September 2017
The Wim van der Hoek Award is an annual prize awarded to the student with the best graduation project in the field…
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2017 presented to Sam Peerlinck (KU Leuven)
First Belgian winner of Dutch design engineering award At the seventeenth edition of the Precision Fair, held on 15 and 16…
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Launch of the book The Architects of ASML (in dutch)
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Mikroniek February: Royal interest
The February issue of Mikroniek, click here for a first impression, features His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visiting the Leiden…
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Precision education at a high level: bronze certificate for Joris Looman (ASML)
Joris Looman, Lead Design Engineer Opto-Mechanics at ASML, has obtained the Bronze ECP2 certificate for courses certified in the ECP2 programme, the…
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His Majesty King Willem-Alexander opened the new wing of the Leiden Instrument Makers School
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander (in the middle) opened the new wing of the Leiden Instrument Makers School, in a ceremony attended by…
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2016 for Niels Giessen
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Call for Ir A. Davidson Award candidates
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Ir. A. Davidson Award 2016 for Wouter Aangenent
Wouter Aangenent, senior architect and project leader at ASML, received the Ir. A. Davidson Award for his leading role as a specialist…
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Professor Wim van der Hoek Conference Room at JPE
As part of the 25th anniversary of Janssen Precision Engineering (JPE) Professor Emeritus Wim van der Hoek (92) performed the official opening of…
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Best Contribution Awards DSPE Conference 2016
From left to right: Frank Sperling (Chairman sessions 6-7 of the DSPE Conference 2016)Marc Vermeulen (Chairman of the Jury Best Contribution Awards)Ad…
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Launch book Natlab
Time: 18:00 – 21:00 The authors of the book Natlab, kraamkamer van ASML, NXP en de cd, Paul van Gerven en…
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Jan van Eijk receives the Martin van den Brink Award 2016
Jan van Eijk receives the Martin van den Brink Award 2016.From left to right Martin van den Brink (President and CTO ASML),…
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Tasja van Rhee at ASML received bronze CPE certificate
Tasja van Rhee, precision engineer at the department System Engineering of ASML received a bronze certificate of the Dutch Society for Precision…
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Wim van der Hoek Award 2015 presented to Gihin Mok (TU Delft)
Winner of the Wim van der Hoek Award 2015 is Gihin Mok with his Master Thesis ‘The design of a planar precision…
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Undersigning cooperation euspen and DSPE
During the SYMPOSIUM ‘Post graduate education in precision engineering, today and tomorrow’ at the Precision Fair November 19, 2016. David Billington,Executive Director…
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Winner of the Rien Koster Award 2015 is Peter Rutgers
The Rien Koster Award is given to a mechatronics engineer/designer who has made a significant contribution to the field of mechatronics and…
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CALL FOR PAPERS 30th ASPE Annual Meeting
Austin, Texas, USA is the site of the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering. The Annual Meeting…
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Symposium succesfully kicks off DSPE Optics and Optomechatronics Week 2015
The DSPE Optics and Optomechatronics Symposium is the second edition of the bi-annual event, which started two years ago in Eindhoven, the…
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Mikroniek September 2015: focus on Optics and Optomechatronics
The forthcoming September issue of Mikroniek, click here for a preview, is in part dedicated to the first DSPE Optics and Optomechatronics…
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Certified Precision Engineer program milestone
This week, the first bronze level CPE certificate within the DSPE Certified Precision Engineer training framework has been awarded to Nikola Vasiljević…
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European Robotics Forum 2015
Go visit the European Robotics Forum 2015As an enabler of innovation in industry and society, robotics is a spearhead of European innovation policy,…
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Wim van der Hoek Award voor Marc Damen
De Wim van der Hoek Award – ook wel Constructeursprijs genoemd – werd in 2006 ingesteld ter gelegenheid van de tachtigste verjaardag…
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Rens Henselmans wint ir. A. Davidson Award 2014
Deze prijs dient ter stimulering van jong talent en is bedoeld voor een jonge precisietechnoloog die enige jaren werkzaam is in een…
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DSPE-Conference 2014 well received
Based on the enthusiasm during the conference and the evaluation forms of all participants we can conclude that the conference was a…
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Successful pilot of new training ‘Advanced mechatronic system design’ for (future) system architects was completed last July
August 08, 2014 – The training ‘Advanced mechatronic system design’ (AMSD) is set-up in a masterclass manner with a mix of presentations…
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New training ‘Advanced mechatronic system design’
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Senior en junior precisietechnologisch talent in de schijnwerpers
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Thermo-Mechanics website live!
This website was developed by a group of people, passionate about Thermo-Mechanics. They contributed their free time to writing and reviewing the…
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Successful first DSPE Optics & Optomechatronics Symposium
Topics included the design and manufacturing of optics as well as optomechanics, and their implementation in optomechatronic systems. With top-class speakers from…
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Certified Precision Engineer program milestone 1,000th CPE certificate awarded
One of the objectives of DSPE (Dutch Society for Precision Engineering) is to improve the level of knowledge and cooperation in the…
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LAUNCH Optics & optomechanics interest group DSPE
The interest group will focus on sharing knowledge about optics design and optomechanical design. These subjects become more and more of interest…
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