Design principles program

design principles program

It was Prof. Ir. W. van der Hoek who started to build an approach for designing mechanisms in such a way that their behaviour could be predicted without the need for complex calculations. He developed and taught this approach at the Centre For Technology of the Philips Company and at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Eindhoven Technical University. He succeeded in inspiring a whole generation of mechanical engineers and his work has been published as "des duivels prentenboek." It has been and still is our intention to achieve continuity in the training of engineers in this approach. To achieve this we cooperate with experts from academia and industry.

design principles
basics

This training focuses on the fundamental principles concerning the behaviour of mechanisms and how this behaviour can be predicted and improved.

The following topics are covered:

The role of stiffness and compliance
Controlling "Degrees Of Freedom"
Optimal use of elastic elements
Friction, hysteresis and micro slip
Real and virtual play
Precision instruments
Mechanisms based on “Rolling and Deformation”
Mechanisms for special functions.

design principles
master class

In this master class, designers bring along their personal design challenge and together with experts in the field and other course participants, reach a solution.

Participants will learn:

The relevance of design culture
The impact of out-of-the-box thinking and how to stimulate this
To think in a mechatronic way
To recognise relevant stakeholders
The impact of high level design reviews
The art of reviewing
Elements of requirements management and its relevance

design principles for uc
vacuum applications

Introduction to the principles of vacuum and design principles applicable for ultra clean vacuum applications.

Basic principles of vacuum
Properties of gases at low pressures
Interaction of gases with Surfaces
Flow of gases
Dry backing vacuum pumps and molecular pumps
Total & partial pressure measurement
Leak tightness testing

Engineering aspects
Mechatronic aspects

System design
Industrial cleaning

Working discipline
Components & joints
Cleaning during assembly

design principles for
shock proof design

This course teaches the understanding of the dynamic effects of drops and shocks on products and design principals for products that have a higher resistance to this type of loading.

Participants will learn:

Grouping of failure modes into generic failure types
Impact dynamics; The influence of damping
Test methods and standards
Relevant measurement techniques
Simulation: types and effective use
Robust design principles

Participants will learn how to estimate accelerations, forces and deflections based on one-dimensional dynamics and will become aware of the available simulation and measurements techniques.