De Nederlandse agrarische sector is sterk ontwikkeld de laatste jaren, zo ook de melkveehouderij. Sinds de jaren 70 van de vorige eeuw heeft de agrarische sector te maken met een overvloed aan mineralen, voornamelijk bestaand uit stikstof- en fosfaatoverschotten. Als gevolg hiervan is in 2018 het fosfaatrechtenstelsel …

This paper describes the results of a second year Expo project team of Fontys Engineering, department Mechanical Engineering. During this research the design of a configurable damped spring design has been investigated. A calculation tool has been defined and validated using a Nylon 3D printed spring …

This paper presents the results of a study regarding the cyclic bending over sheave fatigue life of five different type of small diameter cables (d <=2.5 mm) in a simple bending test around a D = 10 mm sheave. The goal of the study is to estimate the lifespan of cables in prosthetic applications. Three …

This thesis project ‘’Novel polymer-composite artificial muscles: designing, production & testing’’ has been conducted to fulfill the graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Process & Food Technology (PFT). The project is a continuation of the research done by Haines et al (21 Feb 2014, …