Request InfoNew Scale Technologies Inc.The tiny SQL series Squiggle motor from New Scale Technologies offers precise linear motion at low power for today’s smaller portable OEM electronic products, according to the company. Applications include medical devices, wireless security cameras and mobile phone camera auto focus/optical zoom assemblies. At 2.4 x 2.4 mm, the new SQL series motor is half the size of the company’s earlier motors for OEMs. It features a new metal/ceramic composite construction for greater robustness and lower cost. 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