Why is our Director of Technology, Pieter Kappelhof, trying to catch a laser beam at the TNO stand at the Precision Fair? “It’s all about optomechatronics”, he says.
Before joining Hittech, Pieter worked at TNO for 16 years. Last week, he delivered a series of internal lectures on optomechatronics at TNO, where he was introduced as their guest of honour. At Hittech, we have been familiar with this technology for decades. For example, we produce aluminium superalloys through our company, RSP Technologies, for the semiconductor industry and satellite production, and we have extensive experience in optomechatronics and metrology at Hittech Multin and Hittech Prontor GmbH.
Pieter: “You could say that the Netherlands has always been at the forefront of international developments in optomechatronics, not least because of TNO. Here at the Precision Fair, optical satellite communications is one of the hottest topics. Optical pointing with laser beams, as I try to demonstrate in the photo, is a key technology for that. And the defence industry is watching these developments very closely as well. It has a lot of potential for the near future.”
