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Aerotech launches second generation of nanopositioning stages

March 31, 2022 By Heather Hall Leave a Comment

Aerotech Inc. has released the second generation of its popular ANT nanopositioning stages. Building on its best-in-class predecessor, this line is engineered to bring superior performance to applications that demand truly outstanding dynamics and nanometer-level precision. “We’ve made the ANT nanopositioning stages even better, giving our customers options with impressive dynamic capabilities, industry-leading positioning performance, […]

Filed Under: Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech, Aerotech Inc, aerotechinc

XYZ piezo stages from Aerotech use parallel kinematics for exceptional 3D positioning accuracy

May 4, 2017 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

New XYZ piezo stages from Aerotech have travels to 120 μm x 120 μm x 12 μm; 40 x 40 mm square clear aperture; and a parallel-kinematic design for unmatched geometric performance. Aerotech’s QNP3 series XYZ piezo positioning stages combine sub-nanometer resolution, high dynamics, and excellent geometric performance in a compact three-degree-of-freedom (DoF) package. They come […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry news, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech

QNP2 Series XY piezo nanopositioning stages with 50x 50 mm aperture

October 6, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Aerotech’s QNP2 series XY, parallel-kinematic, piezo nanopositioning stages combine sub-nanometer resolution, high dynamics, and excellent geometric performance in a compact, low-profile package. The QNP2-100-XYA has a 50 mm x 50 mm clear aperture with closed-loop travels up to 100 µm x 100 µm (open-loop travels to 120 µm x 120 µm). The design is ideal […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mini + piezo + voice coil Tagged With: aerotech

Redesigned linear stages improve designs by up to 98%

September 1, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Aerotech’s PRO series industrial linear motor and ball-screw positioning stages are now available in new sizes and with new features and significantly improved performance. In addition to the performance and feature improvements, two new sizes were added to the PRO-LM (linear motor) series stage line – the PRO115LM and PRO190LM. Up to 98% improvement in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech

High dynamic linear piezo nanopositioning stages

June 2, 2016 By Lisa Eitel 1 Comment

Aerotech’s QNP linear piezo nanopositioning stages provide the benefits of both a stage and actuator in one compact, high stiffness package. With a direct metrology, capacitive sensor feedback option, high resonant frequencies, and high load capacity, the QNP is ideal for a wide range of high speed and high precision applications such as scanning probe microscopy, disc […]

Filed Under: Linear motors, Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech

Motion trends update: Positioning stages lead charge to pragmatic design

May 5, 2016 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

The AZ60-A motorized vertical elevator stage from Optimal Engineering Systems (OES) is a low-profile 183.7 x 80 x 38 to 42-mm stage. It works for low-cost, high resolution, wedge-type elevator applications needing precise vertical positioning.

Positioning stages today can satisfy specific and demanding output requirements. That’s because customized integration and the latest in motion programming now help stages get incredible accuracy and synchronization. What’s more, advances in mechanical parts and motors are helping OEMs plan for better multi-axis positioning-stage integration. Mechanical advances for stages Consider how traditional stage builds combine […]

Filed Under: Editor's blog, Linear actuators (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech, bell-everman, bishop wisecarver

New high-precision Z-axis nanopositioners from Aerotech

March 24, 2016 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Aerotech has introduced a series of Z-axis piezo nanopositioners for extreme precision research and industrial requirements. The new QNP-Z stages join a family that includes the QNP-L linear and QNP-XY stages, providing a complete range of positioning solutions for most extreme precision applications. They provide the resolution, linearity, repeatability, and high dynamics required for the […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all), Stages + gantries Tagged With: aerotech

Digital, panel-mounted piezo drive coordinates motion between piezo stages and servo axes

December 17, 2015 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

The Ndrive QLe is a family of digital, panel-mount, nanopositioning piezo drives for use with the Aerotech Automation 3200 (A3200) motion controller. The A3200 is the controller of choice in semiconductor, data storage, medical device manufacturing, laser processing, and metrology applications. The Ndrive QLe drives enable coordinated motion between piezo stages and servo axes at […]

Filed Under: Controls for linear axes Tagged With: aerotech

Data-driven autotuning tool for commercial motion controller

October 2, 2015 By admin Leave a Comment

Aerotech, Inc.

EasyTune™ is the most advanced autotuning tool available in a commercial motion controller. Entirely data-driven, the algorithm largely mimics the process followed by an experienced controls engineer. Many existing tuning techniques rely on basic model-fitting or “rules-of-thumb” that ignore machine resonances or nonlinear behavior, but EasyTune™ directly measures and compensates for those effects. It assumes […]

Filed Under: Applications Tagged With: aerotech

Delta Robot with scalable, open-architecture robot control

August 26, 2015 By Jennifer Calhoon Leave a Comment

AerotechTH

Open architecture robot controller Operating ranges from 500 mm to 1300 mm Up to 15g linear acceleration and 200 pick and place operations per minute Standard IP65 protection and optional IP69K for food and chemical applications The RCP-DELTA is available in four models that support payloads up to 3 kg, with X/Y operating ranges of […]

Filed Under: Encoders + sensors (linear) + I/O Tagged With: aerotech

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