MI-Partners News Archive
DSPE conference

6 September 2012

At September 4th and 5th the first DSPE conference took place in Willibrordhaeghe in Deurne, The Netherlands. This conference is by & for technologists, designers and architects in precision mechatronics. MI-Partners was present with 5 people and we showed a setup of our 6 DoF through wall maglev stage which is developed in-house.

Annual barbeque for the 5th time

27 June 2012

At the 7th of June 2007 MI-Partners was officially founded by Leo
Sanders. To celebrate this, a barbecue is held every year. This year it
was a special barbecue since it was our fifth. In the photo almost our complete team can be found.

 
Through-wall maglev stage at Euspen conference

11 June 2012

Last week, from the 5th untill 7th of June, MI-Partners was present at the Euspen conference in Stockholm. At our booth we showed our through wall maglev stage setup.
Presentation about over-actuation at MDD

1 June 2012

At the the second edition of the Model-Driven Development Day 2012 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Ronald Faassen (Mechatronic System Architect at MI-Partners) has given a presentation about our Over Actuated Demonstrator which can be found here.
Donation to Alpe d'HuZes

16 May 2012

MI-Partners recently donated to Ton and Henri for the Alpe d’HuZes foundation. Alpe d'HuZes was created with the aim to empower people to convert the sense of powerlessness, caused by cancer, into one of strength. Alpe d'HuZes wants to raise funds to fight cancer by cycling up the Alpe d'Huez six times in one day. The name, Alpe d'Huzes, is a combination of the Dutch word for "six" and the name of the mountain. We wish Ton and Henri goodluck with their challenge to climb the Alpe d'Huez several times!
Visit to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA)

10 April 2012

Recently a MI-Partners delegation brought a visit to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the USA.
This is a premier research and development institution for science and technology applied to US national security.
Stanley and Dick were hosted by Rick Montesanti (also on photo on the left). Part of the visit was a tour in the National
Ignition Facility (NIF). NIF is the world’s largest and highest-energy laser system. Its goal is to ignite a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction and produce net energy gain - the same fusion energy process that makes the stars shine and provides the life-giving energy of the sun.
MI-Partners at Hightech Mechatronica 2012 fair

29 March 2012

During the Hightech Mechatronica exhibition and conference in Veldhoven, MI-Partners was present with the Hybrid Actuator setup. This setup demonstrates the actuator which was developed by MI-Partners. This actuator has a high reaction force, but low stiffness and low power dissipation. System architect Dick Laro gave a presentation about the actuator. The article can be found here.
Thermal and ASPE 2011 article for Mikroniek

15 March 2012

Ronald Lamers has written several articles for Mikroniek. Mikroniek is a professional journal on precision engineering and a publication of the Dutch Society for Precision Engineering (DSPE). The first article “Keep your cool in precision machine design” is on thermo-mechanical analysis for evaluation of design choices. The second article “From deepwater drilling to maskless lithography” is a report on the ASPE Annual Meeting 2011.

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