Modified Versions of Standard Products

The modification of a standard product is cost effective when a standard product lacks one or two features to meet application requirements. Modified standard products involve minimal development costs. Examples include:

• Special hole patterns
• Custom finishes or markings
• Multi-axis configurations
• Granite or steel machine bases
• Cable management
• Preparation for special environment

Custom Positioning Stages & Controls

Custom motion products designed to meet all customer requirements have moderate to higher development costs but yield lower productions costs when compared with standard product solutions. Examples include:

• Low-profile X,Y,Z stage with internal cable management
• Large aperture dual-drive open frame X,Y stage on granite
• Very flat X,Y stage for vacuum operation
• Eight axis programmable motion controller with integrated linear servo amplifiers

Custom Motion Platform

A custom motion platform goes a step beyond positioning stages or controls. It is the integration of key motion tasks with material handling and/or process control and monitoring. Custom motion platforms are assembled and tested as a unit. Examples include:

• X,Y,Z,Θ stage on welded base with motion control panel
• X,Y axes in vacuum chamber with integrated material load and un-load mechanism
• X,Y,Z inspection mechanism with sample handler

Custom Gantry

Custom Gantry with dual belt drive X axis, & ballscrew on all axes Custom bracketry

Dual Carriage Stage

Heavy duty - independant dual carriage, with dual drivescrews & open center

Long Travel Precision Linear Stage on Granite

This single axis system is an example of a custom design driven by the customer's performance requirements. The main goals for this project were:

• +/- 10 arc-sec dynamic yaw over travel
• 1m/s speed with high resolution encoder and 50lb load
• Integrated air lines and digital I/O in cable management

High Vacuum Rated X,Y,Z,Theta Stage

This 4 axis system integrated system is an example of a custom design driven by the customer's performance requirements. The main goals for this project were:

• Reduce footprint of assembly to 16" x 16" x 6" tall
• Maintain +/- 3 micron repeatability for all linear axes, +/- 4 arc-sec for theta axes at tool point 4 inches above theta platen
• Pull down to 10-6 torr in 3 minutes or less
• Reduce cost of assembly