PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL ON PRECISION ENGINEERING ISSUE 2016 4 (VOL. 56) DEBURRING, THE FINISHING TOUCH STRUCTURED AND FREEFORM SURFACES FOCUS ON ROBOTIC GRIPPERS DSPE CONFERENCE 2016 CATALOGUE Mikroniek is a publication of the DUTCH SOCIETY FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING www.dspe.nl Specialist in turnkey cleanroom systems HEALTHCARE I FOOD I PHARMACY I MICROELECTRONICS I OPTICS I DATACENTER Brecon Cleanroom Systems B.V. in Etten-Leur (the Netherlands) specialises in the design and realisation of low-dust and germ-free cleanroom systems. Our customers operate in the semi-conductor, food and pharmaceutical industries, but also include data centres etc. Our long-standing experience and broad expertise guarantee highly innovative turnkey solutions that meet all the wishes, standards, rules and preconditions - down to the smallest detail. We specialise in cleanroom design, construction and maintenance. In addition, we will be happy to provide technological and constructional advice. You may rest assured that the final result will satisfy all your requirements. Within Brecon Group we manufacture all our windows, window frames, doors and ceiling systems in-house. This explains why quality and flexibility are our unique selling points! Our customers include companies such as ASML, MSD Organon, PamGene, Intervet, Mevi Group, Neways Electronics, BMV, Patheon and Pneu-Tec. Want to know more about our turnkey cleanroom solutions? Then visit www.PP4C.nl If you would like to contact us about any issue in the field of cleanroom technology, come visit us at the WOTS exhibition Tuesday 4 October - 7 October 2016 Utrecht - Stand 8B053 Kroonstraat 6 4879 AV Etten-Leur NL P.O. Box 555 4870 AN Etten-Leur NL T +31 (0)76 504 70 80 F +31 (0)76 504 70 89 E [email protected] www.brecon.nl BRECON GROUP - IF THE RIGHT CONDITIONS ARE CRUCIAL PUBLICATION INFORMATION ISSUE 2016 Objective IN THIS ISSUE 4 Specialist in turnkey Professional journal on precision engineering and the official organ of DSPE, the Dutch Society for Precision Engineering. Mikroniek provides current information about scientific, technical and business developments 05 09 in the fields of precision engineering, mechatronics Deburring, the finishing touch of accurate cleanroom systems and optics. The journal is read by researchers and professionals in machining charge of the development and realisation of Timesavers International is specialised in deburring advanced precision machinery. equipment, achieving rounding-off radii from nearly 0 to 2 mm. Another precision challenge addressed by Timesavers has been the design of a huge machine for calibrating metal sheets. 24 Publisher DSPE 09 High Tech Campus 1, 5656 AE Eindhoven Pushing the limits: structured and freeform PO Box 80036, 5600 JW Eindhoven [email protected], www.dspe.nl surfaces In anticipation of a euspen Special Interest Group meeting Editorial board Prof.dr.ir. Just Herder (chairman, Delft University of on the subject of Structured and Freeform Surfaces, this Technology, University of Twente), ir.ing. Bert Brals niche of precision engineering is introduced, touching on (Sioux Mechatronics), dr.ir. Dannis Brouwer HEALTHCARE I FOOD I PHARMACY I MICROELECTRONICS I OPTICS I DATACENTER (University of Twente), ir. Frans-Willem Goudsmit the key issues and opportunities that exist for (coordinator, Accenture), ir. Jos Gunsing (Marome Tech, manufacturers. Avans), ir. Henk Kiela (Opteq, Fontys), ir. Casper Kruijer, MBI (FEI), ing. Ronald Lamers, M.Sc. (MI-Partners), dr.ir. Gerrit Oosterhuis (VDL ETG), 14 Brecon Cleanroom Systems B.V. in Etten-Leur (the Netherlands) Maurice Teuwen, M.Sc. (Janssen Precision Focus on robotic grippers specialises in the design and realisation of low-dust and germ-free Engineering), ir. Ad Vermeer (Liteq, Adinsyde), ir. Rini Zwikker (Demcon, Saxion) Within the broad domain of adaptive robotics, Avans cleanroom systems. Our customers operate in the semi-conductor, food University of Applied Sciences focuses on industrial and pharmaceutical industries, but also include data centres etc. Editor Hans van Eerden, [email protected] binpicking applications (using robots and 3D vision), FEATURES force feedback gripping and twisted-cord actuators for Our long-standing experience and broad expertise guarantee highly Advertising canvasser 04 EDITORIAL underactuated grippers. innovative turnkey solutions that meet all the wishes, standards, rules and Gerrit Kulsdom, Sales & Services Hans Krikhaar, President of +31 (0)229 – 211 211, [email protected] preconditions - down to the smallest detail. We specialise in cleanroom DSPE, on ‘Farmers, Pioneers and 19 Precision Engineers’. design, construction and maintenance. In addition, we will be happy to Design and realisation Drukkerij Snep, Eindhoven Engineers, not researchers, built the first provide technological and constructional advice. You may rest assured +31 (0)40 – 251 99 29, [email protected] wafer stepper 18 UPCOMING EVENTS that the final result will satisfy all your requirements. Including: Precision Fair 2016. Subscription costs Sneak preview of a book about the famous Philips Natlab, The Netherlands € 70.00 (excl. VAT) per year which provides, among other things, a detailed description Within Brecon Group we manufacture all our windows, window frames, Europe € 80.00 (excl. VAT) per year 23 TAPPING INTO EACH Outside Europe € 70.00 + postage (excl. VAT) of the chip lithography history at the Philips Physics doors and ceiling systems in-house. This explains why quality and OTHER’S EXPERTISE per year Laboratory. Bronkhorst – specialist in flexibility are our unique selling points! Our customers include companies low-flow fluidics handling such as ASML, MSD Organon, PamGene, Intervet, Mevi Group, Neways Mikroniek appears six times a year. © Nothing from this publication may be reproduced 24 technology. Electronics, BMV, Patheon and Pneu-Tec. or copied without the express permission of the DSPE Conference 2016 publisher. 38 ECP2 COURSE CALENDAR • Programme Overview of European Certified Want to know more about our turnkey cleanroom solutions? ISSN 0026-3699 • Papers (abstracts) Precision Engineering courses. Then visit www.PP4C.nl • Posters and demos (overview) 39 TAPPING INTO EACH If you would like to contact us OTHER’S EXPERTISE about any issue in the field of Oude Reimer – offering a complete processing chain for cleanroom technology, come visit the metalworking industry. us at the WOTS exhibition 40 NEWS Including: R&D workgroup Tuesday 4 October - 7 October 2016 Mechatronics links HTSC to Utrecht - Stand 8B053 industry. 49 DSPE The main cover photo (featuring a Including: Obituary Jaap Verkerk hexapod used in an AFM) is courtesy of (1943-2016). Kroonstraat 6 4879 AV Etten-Leur NL P.O. Box 555 4870 AN Etten-Leur NL TNO Technical Sciences. See the DSPE Conference programme on page 24 ff. T +31 (0)76 504 70 80 F +31 (0)76 504 70 89 E [email protected] www.brecon.nl nr 4 2016 MIKRONIEK 3 BRECON GROUP - IF THE RIGHT CONDITIONS ARE CRUCIAL EDITORIAL FARMING, PIONEERING AND INTERNATIONALISING Next month, the third DSPE Conference on Precision Mechatronics will take place at the inspiring Ruwenberg location in Sint Michielsgestel, the Netherlands. We are looking forward to this very nice, content-rich social event. Practising precision engineering means networking. Many participants will be eager to present themselves and show their precision engineering designs. I am pleased that we have succeeded in becoming a ‘warm’ society of specialists who are willing to share knowledge with each other in an atmosphere of goodwill. We are sharing, we are creative, we are thinking outside the box. That is, from an international perspective, our added value when it comes to creating high-tech systems. Let’s go abroad and offer our capabilities to our international customers. This is exactly what the conference theme aims for: ‘Farmers, Pioneers and Precision Engineers’, inspired by the discussion about sustainable business and prosperity generated from precision engineering know-how and the role that (new) application areas play. The community’s success depends on maintaining and deepening existing knowledge (farming) and exploring new knowledge (pioneering). Therefore, it is essential to continue working in the current application areas, while also developing and investing in new ones. Maintaining the current success and simultaneously developing new knowledge and application areas is an exciting challenge for the Dutch precision engineering community. A major aspect of creating high-tech systems is systems engineering, including tolerance budgeting. To create the best performing system, all tolerances and their interactions should be carefully treated. This is the way to obtain optimal results. DSPE will explore more activities in this area to make members aware of the value of systems engineering. Areas we are currently working on in our society include semiconductor industry, precision instruments and medical, industrial, cryogenic, automotive, robotics and agricultural systems. Constant innovation keeps our work interesting and spreading our wings internationally will add an extra dimension. However, extra issues will also cross our path, such as cultural differences and intellectual property issues. We have to work on those if we want to let precision engineering grow as an important export product of the Netherlands. The DSPE Conference provides the showcase. Keeping our discipline booming is an important goal for DSPE. I want to thank all the people who are actively participating