NEWS 13 August 2020

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 reflections that build on his ideas. Wim van der...


This edition of Mikroniek aims to honour the memory of Wim van der Hoek with articles about designs in his vein and reflections that build on his ideas. Wim van der Hoek was the first to emphasise the dynamics of mechanisms as a source of positional errors in high-speed production machinery. He developed a simple design tool by means of which the positional error – due to the dynamics cams and the backlash – could be estimated in the drawing office. Click here for a first impression.

 

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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 on 6 June was a unique opportunity to learn all about their impressive projects in custom system design.

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First ECP2 Silver certificate lays…

Recently, the first ECP2 Silver certificate was awarded. ECP2 is the European certified precision engineering course programme that emerged from a collaboration between euspen and DSPE.

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DSPE appoints Martin van den…

Upon his retirement from ASML, Martin van den Brink was appointed honorary member of DSPE.

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