Best New Product Award Winner
For more than two decades, the Design News Awards Program has recognized engineering innovation and creativity in product design. This year, Aerotech is honored to accept a Design News Golden Mousetrap Award in the Motion Control and Automation category for the ANT130-XY, a dual-axis nanopositioner in our ANT-series line of nanoMotion Technology products. The ANT130-XY crossed-roller-bearing,...
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Miniature 6-Axis Robot at MD&M Show
Anaheim, CA - nanopositioning specialist PI exhibits its latest 6-axis robotics positioning system at the MD&M West show, the world's largest medical design & manufacturing event. The miniature hexapod system provides more than 10 lbs of force and motion in all six degrees of freedom. It can be used for manufacturing and placing of parts requiring very high precision, for microscopy applications...
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Air Bearing Gantry System has precision, multi-axis design.
This motion system consists of XY stage utilizing air bearings plus ball screw-driven Z table. Able to be completely customized, X/Y stages offer 600 x 600 mm travel, 10 micron positional accuracy, ±1 micron positioning repeatability, as well as 1 micron straightness and flatness. Typical Z stage performance includes 25-200 mm travel, position accuracy of 10 microns, and repeatability of...
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Direct Drive Air Bearing Planar XY System has velocities of 2m/sec.
Utilizing planar linear motor technology, scalable forcer designed Cartesian system provides forces from 25-200 N, 1 micron motion repeatability, and travel length of 2 x 3 m. It is built with field replaceable cable track, enclosing electrical cable and air supply, as well as panel containing user electrical and air connectors for plug-and-play installation in less than 5 min. Direct drive...
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Smart Pricing Labels for Smart Retailers
To learn more about ESLs and how companies like ZDA Communications can help, download this whitepaper now.
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Two-Axis System suits laser machining applications.
Featuring 450 mm stroke, fully enclosed Model LT490-450-EDLM is suited for extended travel applications where precision positioning is critical. System includes iron-core linear motors, linear guideways, linear measuring systems, and E chain cable carriers. With max speed of 500 mm/sec and acceleration of 5 m/secÂ-², system provides 1 micron accuracy in each direction and ±0.5 micron...
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Unique Sealing System on Nutec Components, Inc. Stages Offers Enhanced Protection from Contaminated Environments
Deer Park, NY: June 1, 2009-The foremost manufacturer of precision positioning and motion equipment continues to lead the industry with a unique enhancement. The new CLS sealing system for NUTEC stages offers superior protection in applications with contaminated environments, an advancement that translates into a motion platform with greater long-term reliability, greater efficiencies and lower...
Read More »Configurable Components Deliver Time/Cost Savings for Factory Automation and Motion Control System Builders
Under economic pressure to control costs and increase efficiencies, companies find precisely configured components a practical solution. July 7, 2009 (Schaumburg, IL) Misumi USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Misumi Corporation, part of Misumi Group, Inc. (Tokyo: 9962) reports that many of its automation machine builder customers are finding innovative ways to save time and costs in their product...
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Linear Motor Stages deliver nanometer accuracy on X/Y axes.
Cross-roller-bearing ANT95-XY and ANT95-XY-H stages feature 3-piece designs with direct drive, noncogging, frictionless motor for 5 nm resolution, 50 nm repeatability, and 250 nm accuracy in both dimensions. Featuring 60 mm footprint, units offer travel options of 25 x 25 mm or 50 x 50 mm with 60 mm profile height. They also include anticreep cross-roller bearings for maximized load...
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Stepper Motor Gantry Stage offers 0.0004 in. repeatability.
Available in travel lengths up to 72 in. on X- and Y-axis, 2-axis linear stepper motor gantry stage features open loop accuracy of .001 in/ft and repeatability of 0.0004 in. when microstepped. Full step resolution is 0.010 in. Continuous force on both X- and Y-axis is 6 lb, while peak force is 8 lb, with zero backlash. Unit provides optimized position, velocity, and acceleration control when...
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X-Y Tables deliver vision system positioning solution.
OFXY open frame X-Y tables combine high resolution ceramic motors and compact TONiC(TM) encoders in design that provides 50 x 50 mm working through-aperture with sub-micron resolution positioning, better than 1 micron repeatability and 200 mm/sec scanning performance. Available models provide X and Y travel of 50, 100, and 200 mm in 3-piece design with dual precision cross-roller bearings for max...
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More performance and functionality for Sinumerik 828D CNC
Siemens new SINUMERIK 828D ADVANCED, SINUMERIK 828D and SINUMERIK 828D BASIC sets the standard for productivity enhancements of turning and milling operations on standardized machines and simplify the automation of grinding machines. See our video to learn all about it.
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