Linear movement stage with very wide speed range

By combining a high speed dc-motor with a piezo-driven rotary motor on a backlash-free ball screw, Feinmess Dresden has developed a linear stage with a very wide speed range, high positional accuracy and low settling time.

The new Dual-Speed-Mode stage, available in the UK from Armstrong Optical, is offered with travel of 50mm, 100mm, 200mm and 300mm and movement speeds from 1μm/s to 60mm/s; with an option to 120mm/s. Positional feedback and high-speed stability is derived from a built-in linear encoder, offering 5nm resolution, and a rotary encoder on the piezo-drive.

The Dual-Speed-Mode stage offers many possibilities in manufacturing in microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication, as well as opening up new research areas in confocal microscopy and enhancements to more conventional measurement techniques.

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