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PRECISE POSITIONING

PRECISION POSITIONING FOR COMPLEX HIGH-TECH SYSTEMS

From concept development and modelling to realization and validation of ultra-precise positioning systems.

PUSHING THE LIMITS OF PRECISION, STABILITY AND CONTROL

Nanometre-Level Positioning Accuracy

Achieving sub-micron and nanometre positioning performance while maintaining the reliability and repeatability required in modern semiconductor, analytical and medical systems.

Dynamic System Behaviour

Balancing high speed and extreme precision as flexible structures, resonances and increasing system complexity affect positioning performance.

Environmental Disturbances

Maintaining positioning accuracy and system stability despite temperature variations, vibrations, acoustics and other environmental influences.

Faster Time-to-Market

Reducing development cycles while maintaining the performance, reliability and manufacturability of advanced positioning platforms.

Expertise

Motion & Control Engineering

Solar Team Challenge

Designing advanced control solutions that enable high-performance precision motion systems. - Servo control - Feedforward control - Disturbance rejection - Passive and active vibration suppression - System identification

Precision Mechanics

Hans & Erik Bullie Min

Developing mechanical architectures that deliver stable, ultra-accurate positioning performance. - Precision structures - Lightweight constructions - Thermal and flow stability - Dynamic behaviour - Design for manufacturability (DfM)

Mechatronic Architecture

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Creating integrated system architectures that combine mechanics, electronics, software and control. - Concept development - System architecture - Requirements engineering - Multidisciplinary integration - Performance optimization

Modelling & Simulation

Sioux Kadaster Rik Ebbling

Predicting system behaviour through advanced modelling before physical prototypes are built. - Dynamic simulations - Predictive modelling - Optimal setpoint generation - Performance analysis - Virtual validation

Measurement & Validation

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Validating positioning performance through advanced measurement techniques and system testing. - Precision measurements - System validation - Performance verification - Root cause analysis - Test automation

Motion & Control Engineering

Designing advanced control solutions that enable high-performance precision motion systems. - Servo control - Feedforward control - Disturbance rejection - Passive and active vibration suppression - System identification

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High Throughput Tissue Dissection

The customer’s challenge Tissue dissection is a labor-intensive and error-prone process. Pathologists mark a region of interest on slides. Skilled laboratory technicians manually scrape the tissue to put it in small tubes for further processing. Xyall accelerates this workflow with an automated high throughput tissue dissection system. Sioux’s contribution Sioux developed the entire system with the help of their mechatronics, mechanics, electronics, software and mathware engineers. Together they delivered state-of-the-art technology solutions in image registration, robotics and workflow optimization software. In addition to the development, Sioux also produced the systems in its own assembly plant. Result The Tissector HT is the world's fastest and most accurate tissue dissection system with a high throughput of 80 slides per hour with an accuracy of < 0.1 mm. Oncology laboratories can now drastically reduce their processing time, thereby shortening cancer diagnosis time and providing personalized cancer therapy. Technology Mechanical design, Mechatronics, System architecture, Image processing, Electronics, Optics, Computer vision, Motion control, Machine control software, Machine learning, Application software, UX.

Litography for advanced packaging

The customer's challenge Lithography for advanced packaging is different from lithography for front-end wafer processing. The requirements involved are special and varying. The resist films range from thin to thick. Kulicke & Soffa developed the Liteq 500, a wafer stepper that is flexible and can effectively deal with all these variations and specific needs. Sioux's contribution Sioux designed, implemented, and tested the complete software stack for the Liteq 500, including: the user interface the control software for all devices, including the stage, the CCD camera, the illuminator, the beam stabilizer, the aerial image sensor, and the reticle robot the business logic for processing cells on a wafer, exchanging and aligning wafers, handling reticles, and executing metrology measurements with the projection lens and the CCD camera the mathematical algorithms for the metrology formal verification of the control software using ASD the firmware for Metrology Unit and the Illuminator Control Unit Result The first stepper is operational, commercial machines are now being sold. Technology Windows 8, Microsoft .NET 4.5, WCF, C#, 64 bit, ASD, ESP, STM32 and C++.

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Movitas dashboard design

The customer's challenge As Tribus uses the latest technologies to develop Movitas, a state-of-the-art dashboard must be developed matching the same high-tech design / UX standards as used in personal vehicles but using existing ‘automotive proven’ hardware. Sioux's contribution Sioux designed a state-of-the-art, fully digital dashboard amongst the entire vehicle on-board electronic systems architecture and software development and integration of this bus. Sioux used its partnership with Continental, selected the widely used MultiViu Professional 12” full color display, and stretched its performance capabilities to the max. Result A state-of-the-art, crisp and clean dashboard design and implementation with a modern user experience and look and feel has been achieved with matches today's driver experience demands. Technology Continental MultiViu (MVP display), KIBES32 (MVP, ZR32), CGI studio, UX design, Graphic Design.

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