SUMMER 2015 CONTENTS COVER STORY 13
PRECISION ALIGNMENT WITH PI 6-AXES POSITIONING HEXAPODS
6-A ES POSITIONING HEX
NANO TECHNOLOGY Nanopower conversion is proving ideal for energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks, aided by the latest synchronous buck converter
M | N | M SHOW PREVIEW With a high profile exhibition and
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conference programme, Micro | Nano | Mems 2015 is set to be bigger than ever this year
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MICRO MOULDING
A look at the challenges of micro moulding and where this sits within the realms of design for manufacturability
ODS 20
The man from Hawaii and the Hexapod
For applications that require precision alignment such as in astronomy, the 6- axes positioning Hexapods from Physik Instrumente are highly sought-after. These are sophisticated automation solutions for accurate positioning that offer six degrees of freedom in motion through precise and accurate robotics
NEWS 4. Bio-medical 3D packaging research project
EDITOR’S CHOICE
5. Cooling the future 6. Samtec joins IRT silicon photonics grogram 7. Advanced nanoelectronics infrastructures
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