25th International Conference & Exhibition
9th – 13th June 2025, Zaragoza, Spain
Euspen’s 25th International Conference & Exhibition is held over 5 days (9th – 13th June 2025) and the daily programme is detailed below.
Company Tours will be held on Friday 13th June 2025
Monday 9th June 2025
| Time | Programme |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | euspen Talent Programme Finals |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | Tutorial 2: A Guided Tour Through Mechanical Precision Design- Ir. Susan van den Berg MTD, Docent at Fontys Hogescholen, NL |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | Tutorial 3: Evaluation Of Flexure-Based Mechanisms- Marijn Nijenhuis, University of Twente, NL and Prof. Stuart Smith, UNCC |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | Tutorial 4: System engineering: theory and practical- Dr Jelm Franse (ASML), Antonius T. Peijnenburg & Jos de Klerk, VDL ETG |
| 14:00-17:00 | Workshop 1: Additive manufacturing and surface Post-processing- Prof. Dr Josko Valentincic, University of Ljubljana, SI |
| 14:00-17:00 | Workshop 2: Robotics For Medical Applications and Scientific Exploration- Prof. Andreas Archenti , KTH, SE |
| 14:00-16:00 | Early Registration |
| 18:30-20:30 | Welcome Reception– University of Zaragoza in the Paraninfo Building |
Tuesday 10th June 2025
| Time | Programme |
| 08:00 | Conference Registration at UoZ |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening Ceremony |
| 09:10 – 09:20 | Presidential Address Prof. Liam Blunt |
| 09:20 – 09:30 | Welcome to Zaragoza |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Keynote One: Precision Strategies in Cancer Research: From Miniaturized 3D Cultures to Digital Twins- Prof. María Ángeles Pérez Ansón, Structural Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Zaragoza, ES |
| 10:05-12:15 | Exclusive Large Science Project Presentations 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee in Exhibition 11:00 – 11:25 CERN Presentation: 11:25 – 11:50 ESA Presentation: 11:50- 12:15 Loxham Precision Presentation: |
| 12:15- 12:45 | Oral Session One: Large Scale Precision Engineering 12:15- 12:30 Unlocking the Power of Simulation in Complex Measurement Scenarios Unai Mutilba, TEKNIKER 12:30-12:45 Impact of geometric errors in critical components of a precision spindle on runout error through FEM modelling Ibai Berrotaran, IDEKO |
| 12:45-13:00 | Industry Presentations Chair: Byron Knapp 12:45-12:48 Exh 1 12:48-12:51 Exh 2 12:51- 13:00 Discussion |
| 13:00- 14:00 | Lunch and Coffee in Exhibition Lunch available for exhibitors at 12:30 |
| 14:00-15:45 | Session Two: Non-traditional precision engineering applications Session Keynote 14:00- 14:20 Replication of surface microstructure made of bacterial colony towards functional surface fabrication- Hayato Goto, The University of Tokyo 14:20- 14:35 Manufacturing Scheduling for Sustainability- Jon Hall, University of Sheffield 14:35- 14:50 Quality Improvement of Laser-Microstructured Riblet Geometries in Forming Tools for Enhanced Efficiency of Injection-Moulded Fan Impellers- Daniel Gitzel, Fraunhofer IWU 14:50- 15:05 Design of a precision advancing needle for injection into the suprachoroidal space of the eye for the treatment of retinal detachment- Emma Rutherford, MIT, United States 15:05- 15:20 Superellipsoid modeling of wire-laser additive manufacturing defects measured by digital image correlation- Khalil Hachem, ENS Paris-Saclay, France |
| 15:20- 15:45 | Industry Presentations Chair: Byron Knapp 15:20-15:23 Exh 3 15:23-15:26 Exh 4 15:26- 15:45 Discussion |
| 15:45- 16:10 | Coffee in Exhibition |
| 16:10- 17:30 | Session Three: Advances in Precision Engineering Session Keynote: 16:10- 16:20 Novel in-situ fine adjustment system with contactless energy transfer- Mario André Torres Melgarejo, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany 16:20- 16:35 Transmissibility based sub-structure coupling method for precision metal cutting- Özgür Taylan Kenanoğlu, KU Leuven, Belgium 16:35- 16:50 Optical Interferometry Multiscale Investigation of Polished Cu Thin Films- Viorel Balan, France 16:50- 17:05 High-precision force sensor for directly SI-traceable and orientation-independent measurements- Martin Wittke, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany 17:05- 17:20 Three-beam constant-force flexure-based translation stage- Loïc Tissot-Daguette, EPFL, Switzerland 17:20- 17:35 Negative stiffness module for highly sensitive low noise seismometer- Jos de Klerk, Settels Savenije, Netherlands |
| Industry Presentations Chair: Byron Knapp 17:35-17:38 Exh 5 17:38-17:41 Exh 6 17:41- 17:44 Exh 7 17:44- 17:47 Exh 8 17:47-17:50 Exh 9 17:50- 18:10 Discussion |
Wednesday 11th June 2025
| Time | Programme |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Keynote Two: Advanced optical sensor technologies for precision metrology- Prof. Wei Gao, Department of Finemechanics, School of Engineering, Tohoku University, JP |
| 09:00-10:30 | Session 4: Metrology Session Keynote: 09:00-09:20 Novel hybrid interference and atomic force microscopy for in-situ reference areal surface metrology- Gaoliang Dai, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany
09:20-09:35 Influence of the inhomogeneity of the field of view on the measurement of surface texture in optical surface topography measuring instruments- Sai Gao, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany 09:35- 09:50 The use of in-situ surface metrology for advanced electrochemical polishing applications- Prashant Kumar, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
09:50- 10:05 AI-assisted high-precision dynamic error calibration for on-machine measurement systems- Weixin Cui, United Kingdom
10:05-10:25 Discussion
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee in Exhibition |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Euspen 26th Intl Conf & Exh, Poland- Prof. Adam Gaska |
| 11:15 – 11:40 | Industry Presentations Chair: Byron Knapp 11:15-11:19 Exh 10 11:19- 11:23 Exh 11 11:23- 11:27 Exh 12 11:27- 11:32 Exh 13 11:32-11:36 Exh14 11:36-11:40 Exh 15 |
| 11:40– 11:55 | Euspen AGM |
| 12:00-13:00 | Football 11:45 Players and non-members/supporters head to football pitch |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch and Coffee in Exhibition Lunch available for exhibitors at 12:30 |
| 14:00 – 15:45
| Session 5: Mechanical Manufacturing Processes Session Keynote: 14:20- 14:35 CBN and PCD micro face milling of hardened tool steel for surface texture generation in the lower nanometer range- Holger Ruehl, University of Stuttgart, Institute for Micro Integration (IFM), Germany 14:35-14:50 Robot ensemble for the automated production of freeform metal optics with in-line metrology- Ralf Steinkopf, Fraunhofer IOF, Germany 14:50-15:05 Productive surface smoothening of free-shaped surfaces through coupled process design for milling and hammer peening- Martin Kolouch, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tool and Forming Technology IWU, Germany 15:05-15:20 Influence of surface finishing on the tribological application behavior using the example of cylindrical gears- Lars Kanzenbach, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, Germany 15:20-15:45 Discussion |
| 15:45 – 16:10 | Coffee in Exhibition |
| 16:10 – 16:30 | euspen Talent 2025 (In exhibition area) |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | Heidenhain Scholarship Awards (In exhibition area) |
| 16:40 – 18:00 | Poster Session |
| 17:45 – 18:30 | Exhibitor Drinks |
| 20:00 | euspen Networking Dinner (Walking) |
Thursday 12th June 2025
| Time | Programme |
| 09:00 – 10:45
| Session 6: Measuring Instruments Chairs Session Keynote: 09:00-09:20 Design and development of a lathe spindle with adjustable stiffness- Paweł Dunaj, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland 09:20-09:35 Evaluating Spindle Degradation and Machining Quality using an Exchangeable Spindle Unit and Vibration-Based Monitoring- Mariano Jose Coll Araoz, KTH, Sweden 09:35- 09:50 Evaluation of the measurement uncertainty of a high-precision telescopic instrument measuring the tool centre point of a robot- Francisco Javier Brosed Dueso, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain 09:50- 10:05 Advanced Filtering Strategies for Residual Error Mitigation in Vibration Sensors for Precision Manufacturing- Ali Iqbal, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan 10:05- 10:20 Volumetric Positioning System- Markus Meißner, DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH, Germany 10:25- 10:45 Discussion |
| 10:45- 12:45 | Coffee in Exhibition |
| 10:45 – 12:45 | Poster Session Voting on posters will close at 12:15 |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch and Coffee in Exhibition Lunch available for exhibitors at 12:30 |
| 13:45 – 15:55
| Session 7: Mechatronics Session Keynote: 13:45-14:05 Video-Rate 3D pose measurement with sub-micrometer accuracy using deep learning and digital holography for robotic applications- Stéphane Cuenat, Switzerland 14:05- 14:20 Settling time optimization by machine-in-the-loop data-driven tuning of nonlinear feedback controllers: application in wire bonding equipment-Wouter Weekers, Eindhoven University Of Technology, Netherlands 14:20-14:35 Simultaneous nonlinear feedback and linear feedforward control design for high-performance motion control of machines for semiconductor manufacturing- Dragan Kostić, ASMPT Center of Competency, Netherlands 14:35- 15:00 Coffee in Exhibition 15:00- 15:15 Cogging-free actuator based on printed circuit board- Paul Binder, Physik Instrumente (PI) SE & Co. KG, Germany 15:15- 15:30 parallel implicit sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics for 2DOF robotic system- Minrui Yan, University of Nottingham, U.K 15:30- 15:55 Discussion
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| 15:55- 16:15 | Closing Remarks-euspen Vice President, Jose Yague-Fabra |