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🌟 Wonderful to witness the efforts of 20 student teams from Aeronautical & Precision Engineering @ Inholland Delft today, as they showcased their 3rd-year engineering projects at SAM XL! We are always happy to provide an inspiring venue for the next generation of engineers. 🧑🎓🚀   A special shoutout to two teams mentored by our very own Menno Verkade, who developed innovative solutions for rapid tool changes on our XL gantry robot. Fantastic work! 👏   Sharing our knowledge of robotics and automation with students, educators, and SMEs is a key part of our mission. This year, we have partnered with TU Delft, De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and Hogeschool Inholland on a project focused entirely on digital knowledge development. Check out the project page here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ezX9vWtd #EngineeringEducation #Robotics #Automation #Innovation #NextGenEngineers #SAMXL #DigitalKnowledge #TUdelft #DeHaagseHogeschool #InHolland

Een vergrijzend personeelsbestand, tekort aan technisch personeel, concurrentie uit lage loonlanden of een voortdurend veranderende klantvraag. Herken jij een of meerdere van deze uitdagingen in jouw bedrijfsvoering? Digitale technologieën, zoals slimme software, robots en sensoring, kunnen het ontwerpen, fabriceren en distribueren van producten efficiënter maken.🧠💡 Welke specifieke uitdagingen proberen bedrijven op te lossen in hun transitie naar Industrie 4.0? Hoe ziet hun traject eruit, van ontwikkeling tot implementatie? En wat kunnen andere ondernemers hiervan leren? Drie sprekers nemen je mee in hun digitaliseringsreis. Leer van praktijkvoorbeelden van onze sprekers, waaronder GKN Fokker, en laat je inspireren door de verschillende demo's tijdens 'Industrie 4.0: fabriek van de toekomst' op 2 oktober in Delft bij SAM XL. 👉 Meld je nu gratis aan via https://lnkd.in/eepZ-AgC 📆 Woensdag 2 oktober 🕜 14.30 - 18.00 uur 📍 Rotterdamseweg 382c in Delft Bekijk het volledige programma hier: https://lnkd.in/e6B6hibu Binnenkort volgt er meer informatie over de overige sprekers en demo’s. Dit evenement wordt georganiseerd in samenwerking met RoboHouse, Wederic, Hi Delta, SAM XL en De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences.

🛫 What does it take to achieve sustainable aviation🌱? How to accelerate innovation? And what can we do for existing aircraft? In this Pioneering Tech video 🎞️, Rinze Benedictus (Professor Aerospace Materials and SAM XL board chairman) and Marios Kotsonis (Professor Flow Control) provide the answers. You can build a fantastic, sustainable airplane. But if there’s no airfield where it can re-fuel, because it’s hydrogen powered, and if it can’t land, then it won’t be used. You’ve just created a museum piece 🏫. The entire system must be addressed. And there is urgency: improving efficiency is much-needed in the European aviation industry, which has to become C02-neutral by 2050. SAM XL is stretching the boundaries of manufacturing 🏭 to develop lighter, sustainable materials and to develop smart robotic systems for the avation industry 🤖.   TU Delft, TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft Campus #innovation #sustainableaviation #engineering #manufacturing #aerospacematerials #aviationindustry

Automation to the max! Previously, when 3D scanning an object at SAM XL, we had to manually enter the poses for the scanning robot 🤳. This morning, Mink Verschure gave a demo of his internship project on Capture Pose Optimization for 3D reconstruction, where he paved the way towards automation of this step 🤖. Mink showcased both a feasible way to solve it, as well as highlighting the challenges associated with developing a system consisting of so many hardware and software components. Great job Mink, it was a pleasure having you at SAM XL! 👏 #TUDelft #Demo #Internships #SmartRobotics #SmartMRO #SmartManufacturing #Industry40

🚨 Job alert: Software Robotics Engineer 🚨 Our young, enthusiastic team at SAM XL is currently on the lookout for a Software Robotics Engineer! 💻✨ In this role you will be working on cutting edge technology in the field of smart manufacturing 🤖. This means implementing both existing research, as well as your own novel ideas into usable (ROS) software components. Kate Twiss, one of our Software Robotics Engineers, says: "I really enjoy the variety of the work. The team has a great appetite for trying new approaches, tech, and challenges." Check out the full job offer here 👉 https://lnkd.in/egwvqc3W #Hiring #SmartManufacturing #Industry40 #SoftwareEngineer #TUDelft

We are very pleased to introduce Johannes Mauricio van Stuyvesant 🎉! As Associate Research Engineer in Continuous Ultrasonic Welding, he will continue the path he started as an intern for his master's thesis at SAM XL.  We are happy that Johan will expand his time at SAM XL, and is joining us as a colleague! "SAM XL is enabling an exciting transition towards a more sustainable aviation industry 🛩 🌿 . Being able to have a positive impact on the way we travel through the skies makes me feel motivated, and that is why I already took the opportunity once to work at SAM XL as a MSc Thesis student. Now I am here for the second time, because I clearly see the important role that SAM XL is playing in the development of recyclable ♻️ and lighter materials for aviation 💡."

It was great to have you, Dutch and German composites experts! Sharing knowledge on innovations is key to speed up sustainable manufacturing🌱🤝. It was an inspiring event, organised by  CompositesNL, Composites United and hosted at SAM XL and TU Delft.   SAM XL showcased several innovative technologies, a.o. continuous ultrasonic welding of thermoplastic composites 🧑🏭 and autonomous robotics for smart manufacturing and maintenance 🤖🛠️.   Many thanks to the organisers, the keynote speakers, the demo partners, our guests and the SAM XL and TU Delft colleagues👏.

Latest demo of autonomous XL robotics! During a visit of a Dutch delegation for the NXTGEN Hightech project, we demonstrated our progress towards fully autonomous, smart robots.   For automation to be successful, it is essential for a robot that the virtual world corresponds to the actual physical world. That normally requires manual programming. We are working on programming robots in such a way, that they scan a large, double courved surface and configure themselves accordingly. In other words, the robot can adapt its processes autonomously, enabling flexible processes for smart manufacturing, maitenance and repair of large surfaces ⚙️🔧✈️.   We will steadily continue to work towards the next step in zero-defect robotics 🤖👌.   Many thanks to our engineers: Aashish Vatsyayan, Kate Twiss, Nithish Kumar for your efforts to showcase this innovation 👏; and program manager Martin Kampinga for your clear explanation of its indispensability towards sustainable industry 💡! Special thanks to Jan-Willem Damsteeg, Automation Team Lead at Qlayers .   Project partners: Delft University of Technology, TNO, GKN Aerospace, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, GTM Advanced Structures, CEAD Group, KVE, IT'S Engineering, , Suzlon Group.   ➡️ Read more about this project: https://lnkd.in/e2pPFU_5   #smartmanufacturing #industry40 #smartrobotics #smartmro #smartfactory #smartindustry #innovation #ai    

🎞️ Demo in development! 🔬   A small teaser of our engineers, Aashish Vatsyayan and Kate Twiss, hard at work preparing their demo for the upcoming Composites Innovation Event hosted at SAM XL on the 28th and 29th of May. Here, the German and Dutch Composites Industry will join forces to showcase the latest advanced technologies for sustainable composites. 🌱   Register here to join the event: https://lnkd.in/efqKFqrN   👉 Check out the teaser!   #CompositesUnited #CompositesInnovation #SustainableComposites #industry40 #SmartManufacturing #SustainableAviation

📣 Technology update: SAM XL involved in cold spray project!   Have you ever heard of cold spray? This emerging metal deposition technology is very promising for repairs and additive manufacturing.   SAM XL is supporting the NWO (Dutch Research Council) funded project CSAR, in which TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering researchers John-Alan Pascoe, Calvin Rans, Mary Patrick and René Alderliesten will investigate the fatigue and damage tolerance properties of cold spray repairs. This will speed up acceptance of this technology for aviation MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) ✈️ 🔧.   The combination of inducing compressive residual stresses without significant heating of the substrate, makes cold spray an interesting option for restoring dimensions of damaged aerospace components - especially those that cannot be welded. This will allow repairing parts that currently have to be scrapped, ensuring that we make better use of scarce raw materials 🗑️ ➡️ ♻️.   SAM XL  Materials & Process Engineer Bram Jongbloed joins the User Committee of the CSAR project alongside Dycomet Europe/ Titomic Europe (Klaas Rozema), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Engineering and Maintenance (Wim Vollenberg), NLR - Netherlands Aerospace Centre (Bernard Bosma) and ADSE Consulting and Engineering (Aart Verbaas). Together the User Committee members will provide feedback to the research team, and help ensure that project results will be converted into real world applications as fast as possible ⏱️. Aside from feedback and advice, SAM XL is hosting the Titomic D623 cold spray machine to fabricate samples. This new technology fits very well into an automated and digital manufacturing environment, which is a great fit for our portfolio.   We look forward to a fruitful collaboration 🤝 and advancing this valuable new technology together 🚀!   #aviation #MRO #repair #coldspray #additivemanufacturing #sustainableaviation