Programme
Next generation of micro parts
Ernst Treffers
Xpress Precision Engineering - The Netherlands
Presentation abstract
Dimensions of parts/features and their required uncertainties are decreasing quickly. Research on these micro parts requires true 3D metrology, but the capital investment for the metrology equipment is often too large for a single university or research institute. Furthermore, micro parts are more and more transferred from a research stage to real commercial applications. Again, 3D metrology is vital to validate or improve production of micro parts, but the investment in equipment is too large for many SME's. To facilitate affordable 3D metrology on micro parts, Xpress developed several solutions from which working principles, prototype setups and performance will be presented during the conference.
Information about the speaker
After studying at Eindhoven University of Technology and the National University of Singapore, Ernst Treffers co-founded Xpress Precision Engineering December 2007. Since then he works as director business development for the ambitious company. Xpress focuses on 3D ultra precision metrology and commercializes several products, including the Gannen-XP tactile probe. This is the most accurate 3D tactile probe available on the market. Due to a focus on R&D and the commitment to meet unfulfilled market demands Xpress' product range is expanding rapidly. With labs and offices on the Eindhoven University campus along with collaborating in and funding of (inter)national research they keep pushing boundaries in dimensional metrology.