Print Email Facebook Twitter Active Positioning and Passive Fixation using Friction Title Active Positioning and Passive Fixation using Friction: in Capacitive Displacement Measurement Applications Author van de Ven, O.S. (TU Delft Mechatronic Systems Design) Contributor Munnig Schmidt, R.H. (promotor) Spronck, J.W. (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2016-10-14 Abstract Sensor positioning is critical for achieving a measurement accuracy in the picometre range with capacitive displacement sensors. This thesis discusses the contradictory requirements that the sensor alignment application imposes: motion capability combined with extreme displacement stability. In addition, it explores three micrometre scale positioning methods that do not compromise the position stability. All three positioning methods use the properties of friction contacts to achieve the combination of stability and position ability. Subject capacitive sensoraliginmentthermal actuatorfrictionpreslidingcontactcreepimpactforce pulse To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:3fd41e9c-734e-45f9-aca0-c5e658d13657 ISBN 978-94-028-0333-4 Embargo date 2016-10-14 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2016 O.S. van de Ven Files PDF Thesis_20160914_full_comp.pdf 8.12 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3fd41e9c-734e-45f9-aca0-c5e658d13657/datastream/OBJ/view