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Sub-micron Z-axis positioning stages feature four motor options

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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OES (Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc.) has added vertical stages to their extensive line of high-accuracy, high-resolution lift stages. The Z110 Series of Z-axis Stages are available in travel strokes of 15 mm (0.590 in.), 30 mm (1.181 in.), 50 mm (1.969 in.), and 75 mm (2.953 in). These black anodized aluminum alloy stages feature preloaded […]

Filed Under: Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage, stages

Elevator stages with 40 mm of vertical travel feature sub-micron resolution

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Four new motorized elevator stages, the DAG40-200 series, have been released by Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc. (OES). High-precision ball-bearing profile rails assure high parallelism and smooth motion throughout the raising and lowering of the 200 x 200 mm table. These high resolution, compact, low-profile elevator stages feature 40 mm of vertical travel with a high […]

Filed Under: Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage

High-precision motion stage has the right stuff

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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In-house designed and built motion control components are used to design and build a high-precision motion stage. ProDrive Technologies In many specialized manufacturing operations, precision is non-negotiable. Yet, at the same time, many system designers and integrators are also being challenged to increase performance and reduce costs. To meet the dual demands to increase performance […]

Filed Under: Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage, stages

PI offers new stepper motor translation stages for precision automation

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The new L-836 Stepper Motor Linear Slides from PI (Physik Instrumente) are a newly designed motorized linear translation stage family that combines high performance, small dimensions, and low cost of ownership. These compact micro-positioning translation stages are driven by a robust, direct-drive rotary stepper motor, available as in-line design and folded drive train design for […]

Filed Under: Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage, physikinstrumente, pi

Compact, open-aperture voice coil stages from Moticont

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Moticont has debuted the HCDS-051-051 Series of eight linear open-aperture voice coil stages. These compact open-aperture stages have a small footprint of just 10.500 in. (266.7 mm) long x 4.000 in. (101.6 mm) wide x 3.755 in. (95.4 mm) high. Linear dc motor driven stages (also known as moving coil) are clean, quiet, and efficient, […]

Filed Under: Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage, stages

New generation of linear motor stages from Yaskawa

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. has added the Sigma Trac II series linear servo motor stages to the Sigma-7 servo family. Sigma Trac II combines a Yaskawa SGLF2 series linear motor with linear bearings, high-resolution absolute optical scale, cable management, and optional bellows to create a turnkey linear stage. Leveraging the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Linear actuators (all), Linear motors Tagged With: Linear Motor, linear stage

Linear motor stage offers long travel, nanometer resolution

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The new V-417.336025E1 long travel linear motor stage from PI (Physik Instrumente) features travel length of 32 in. (813 mm). The direct-drive stage achieves high velocities to 79 in./sec (2 m/sec) based on a direct drive ironless linear servo motor. High accuracy, repeatability, and functionality are guaranteed by an integrated absolute-measuring linear position encoder featuring […]

Filed Under: Featured, Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage, physikinstrumente, pi

Low-profile, high-precision motorized cross-roller linear stages from OES

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Optimal Engineering Systems, Inc. (OES) offers a high-precision series of low-cost, low-profile motorized single-axis positioning stages. The compact AQ110 Series of four cross roller linear stages have travel lengths of 15 mm (0.590 in.), 30 mm (1.181 in.), 50 mm (1.968 in.), and 75 mm (2.952 in.) Open-loop repeatability of all stages is 0.5 µm […]

Filed Under: Integrated Linear Systems, Stages + gantries Tagged With: linear stage

Primatics linear stage for long travel and high precision

★ By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

PXL43B

Primatics PXL43B long travel linear stage is a small form factor, high precision motion stage. A linear motor and linear encoder provide precise positioning to 150 mm. Anti-creep cage cross roller linear bearings result in smooth, flat, and straight motion.  The PXL43 series is ideal for use in applications for precision assembly and inspection. Its compact […]

Filed Under: Industry news, Stages + gantries Tagged With: cross roller slide, cross roller table, crossed roller slide, crossed roller table, Linear Motor, linear stage, primatics

New high-precision, compact linear stage from PI

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

PI (Physik Instrumente) has debuted a new compact linear stage, the L-509. Providing high precision linear motion with minimized runout, this positioner delivers performance and reliability at minimized cost. Despite its compact dimensions, the stage can handle payloads of more than 20 lb. Available with travel ranges of 26 mm (1 in.), 52 mm (2 […]

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

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