LINEAR STAGES

PI’s custom XY and XYZ stages are designed, assembled, and tested to provide the best performance for each individual application. PI USA engineers can quickly provide you with a concept to fit...

The AQ140 series of linear stages from Optimal Engineering Systems Inc. are available in travel lengths of 600, 700, 800, 900, and 1000 mm. The long-travel, low-profile, motorized, profile rail...

The Aerotech AGV-XPO is a high-dynamic laser scan head designed to enable micrometer precision and near-zero tracking error at long working distances, which produces extremely high accelerations and...

The Automation1 Version 2.6 from Aerotech Inc. is a motion control platform with a Machine Setup and Configure workspace. The update adds additional MachineApps customization options and changes to...

The reflected images produced when we look at a mirror are caused by electromagnetic lightwaves bouncing off the mirrored surface and creating the common phenomenon called spatial reflection....

The rapid spread of COVID-19 and other diseases has shown that understanding viral infection is critical to the health of people around the world. In particular, understanding the dynamics of the...

Murad Alam was introduced as president of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery during the annual business meeting on April 15. Alam is vice-chair of dermatology; professor of...

A recent demonstration by a team at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) spotlights the possibility of stable multiband lasing by rare-earth elements. In the work, the research team...

One of the most critical elements of any time-resolved spectroscopy and dynamics experiment is the optical delay line. A typical optical delay line consists of a retroreflector or folding mirrors on...

By its original definition, a nanopositioning device is a mechanism capable of repeatedly delivering motion in increments as small as one nanometer. Lately demands from industry and research have...

Abbe Error — Linear off-axis errors introduced by angular deviations coupled to a moment arm at the point of interest on stage mounted devices (θ in Figure 1). The effect of Abbe error...

Progressive assembly operations such as guiding, gluing and bonding often take place around a static package in three-dimensional space. Integrating the different mechanical systems to ensure that...

Continuous Reflective Interface Sample Placement (CRISP) system is designed to maintain focus over time, i.e. to compensate for thermal and other factors that may cause the sample to drift out of...

Researchers at Penn State University are spearheading a multidisciplinary research effort to explore ways to produce bioethanol more efficiently from lignocellulose. Importantly, this is not corn...

An overview of diSPIM

Nanoscale motion requires fastidious attention to instrumentation, passive controls, and experiment design. Most users have experience in motion control within the sphere of the microscale. In this...

A common misconception is that high throughput infers higher speeds, but the real limitations are caused by higher accelerations. This webinar will cover 1) problems that arise in fixed-beam...

Advanced packaging enables researchers to combine different technology platforms such as photonics, electronics, micro-electromechanical, and fluidics to address a vast array of exciting...

Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision, optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide...

Production-scale testing of silicon photonic devices continues to be a challenge due to the multi-degree-of freedom, high-precision optical alignments required for wafer- and die-level testing. Wide...

A linear positioning stage, also known as a linear stage or translation stage, is a precision mechanical device used to accurately move and position objects along a linear axis. These stages are...

In optics, a motion controller refers to a device or system that precisely controls the movement of optical components, such as mirrors, lenses, stages, or other elements within an optical setup. The...

An alteration in the direction of the magnetic induction at the interface between two media of different permeability.

Embedded vision refers to the integration of computer vision technologies into various embedded systems, devices, or machines. Computer vision involves teaching machines to interpret and understand...

Established in 1990, Applied Scientific Instrumentation is a reknown American company committed to the advancement of science. ASI products have been thoroughly tested and evaluated in numerous labs...

As separate disciplines, quantum science and integrated photonics are pushing the bounds of possibility in communication science, compute, data processing, and more. In tandem, the two realms are...

A linear positioning stage or translation stage is a component of a motion system used to restrict an object to a single axis of motion.

As a provider of precision automation and motion control systems, Aerotech offers a complete range of motion and automation solutions to our clients. Our standard product offerings include: ...

BUSCH incorporates more than 25 years' experience in design and manufacturing of high precision motion stages up to providing turnkey system solutions for, e.g., the semiconductor, 3D printing, and...

National Aperture, Inc. manufactures precision micro-apertures, miniature translation stages, and motion control products such as linear and rotary manual stages, motorized stages, and controllers....

Emergent Vision Technologies is a leading provider of GigE Vision cameras for machine vision, sports technology, volumetric capture and the metaverse, and virtual reality imaging applications. Our...