Demcon high-tech systems is developing a passive de-orbiter: a lightweight, inflatable sail that increases drag at the end of a mission and allows satellites to decelerate in a controlled manner until they burn up in the atmosphere.

Demcon kryoz designed an efficient cryogenic micro-cooler that has a low form factor and demonstrated its high mechanical and thermal stability.

The performance of precision mechanisms can be limited by disturbing vibrations that are amplified at parasitic eigenfrequencies. Piezoelectric patches that are integrated into flexures have been shown to be a promising approach for actively suppressing parasitic modes.

Demcon Multiphysics enhances high-tech system performance with an advanced modeling framework, optimizing cable behavior under high forces and accelerations.

In this article, we present the model-based design steps for a high-performance vibration isolation system to support a metrology frame. During the design phase, several improvements were shown to increase the vibration isolation performance.

Guaranteeing drinking water quality and preventing water spillage requires good management of the huge pipeline networks. Commissioned by the drinking water companies, recently united in the company SubMerge, we have developed a prototype inspection robot.

Despite storm Ciarán, nearly 40 professionals gathered at ASTRON during the DSPE Knowledge Day to explore challenges and innovations in cryogenic engineering.

Demcon Focal designed a BCDS for telescope laser systems, ensuring beam quality, pointing stability and reliability under demanding thermal and mechanical conditions.

Exposing a component to a very high heat load is complex. Especially when the component is the size of a straw. To make sure the component actually survives this volumetric heat load Demcon developed a setup that can simulate the actual heat load on a similar component.

Conventional spherical lenses suffer from spherical aberration. Therefore freeform – often aspherical – lenses have become popular in lithography, aerospace, astronomy and microscopy as well as in (smartphone) photography.

It is essential that the ventilator support is synchronized (in time) with the patient’s spontaneous breaths. A mismatch in this timing is referred to as Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony (PVA). To improve the patient’s comfort and recovery this PVA must be prevented. A key step in this process is the detection and classification of PVA.

Lightning-fast internet via glass fiber – that’s what everyone wants. But one tricky point in roll-out is the manual connection of two fiber ends. That demands accuracy, takes time and requires skills. TE Connectivity developed a connector that lends itself to automatic processing by a so-called Light Plug Tool.

Radio-isotopes are widely used for medical diagnostics and treatment, predominantly in cancer care. The current production method has only a 2% yield of the isotope wanted. The rest is mostly nuclear waste. Demcon helps to produce it with minimal nuclear waste.

In life sciences research, studying cryogenic samples of proteins, viruses and bacteria becomes more and more popular to answer these questions. With Kryoz, Demcon has a cryogenic micro cooler for integration in the electronic microscope on the market.