Request InfoSymetrieThe HEGOA compact hexapod from Symetrie features a 420-mm height for high-dynamic applications in industry or research. Designed to position up to 50-kg payloads with speeds of 200 mm/s and 50°/s, the hexapod offers travel ranges of ±100 mm in the X and Y axes, ±50 mm in the Z axis, ±23° in the Rx and Ry axes, and ±30° in the Rz axis. It guarantees an acceleration of 800 mm/s² in translation and 200°/s² in rotation. Its small diameter of 500 mm makes it ideal for applications in a laboratory or a space-constrained environment.See full productRelated content from Photonics MediaPRODUCTSBioPhotonics May/Jun 2023 IssueHexapodThe SOLANO hexapod from Symétrie is an ultra-compact device of 104 × 120 mm for precision positioning applications in industry or research. 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The devices were developed through the integration of a 60-mm...ARTICLESPhotonics Spectra October 2022 IssueJoint Research Lab for Smart Glasses to Launch With $50M InvestmentPolitenico di Milano and Milan-based lens technology and eyewear manufacturer EssilorLuxottica will establish a joint smart eyewear lab, aimed at designing smart glasses technology. The partnership...Photonics Spectra July 2022 IssueTRUMPF Leads Funding Round for Optical MEMS Microphone CompanySensiBel, an Oslo, Norway-based microphone technology company, closed a €15 million (~$15.8 million) funding round to ramp up production of its optical MEMS microphone technology. 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The firm fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command is...PHOTONICS HANDBOOK ARTICLESPhotonics HandbookMicroassembly: Minimizing Error and Maximizing Precision: Optimizing positioning systems for microassembly processes requires an understanding of the potential errors that can cause precision part placement to go awry.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...Photonics HandbookOptical Delay Lines: Key to Time-Resolved Measurements: To obtain an accurate means of creating reliable delays in any time-resolved spectroscopy or dynamic experiment, several factors about the delay line stage must be considered to reduce or eliminate errors associated with linear stages.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...Photonics HandbookNanopositioning: A Step Ahead: It is almost a cliché among students of creativity that innovation occurs at the intersection of fields. Since nanopositioning is a discipline that has enabled swiftly evolving application arenas as diverse as materials science, genomics, photonics, defense, biophysics, and semiconductors, it’s unsurprising that its pace of innovation is nothing short of blistering in recent years.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...Photonics HandbookVibration Control: Limiting Mechanical Noise: Vibration control plays a critical role in research and industry. Mechanical noise, for example, can obscure high-resolution images and affect the quality of nanotechnology processes. 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New industrial automation technology dramatically shortens the time required to optimally align...Photonics.com 10/8/2020Intelligent Motion Systems Based on Fast Optimization Algorithms and Hexapod 6-Axis MechanismsPART 1: Hexapods are 6-axis parallel-kinematic machines often employed to solve complex multi-axis precision positioning and motion applications in fields such as photonics, optics, metrology,...Photonics.com 4/6/2021Improving Production Economics in Photonics Test/Assembly and Ultrafast Laser Materials Processing of Transparent MaterialsThis webinar will present the latest advancements in precision motion control techniques, system architecture, software, algorithms, hardware, and mechanisms for system designers in the laser...Photonics.com 5/2/2023As Applications Multiply, Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Needs to SubtractThis year is an odd and challenging one for many fields. 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It was the first capital of the golden state, and more than a hundred years later,...Photonics.com 8/5/2015Laserglow_Brightline Alignment LasersPhotonics.com 2/21/2018Photonics on the Showroom Floor and in the Lab - LIGHT MATTERS 02.2018On this month's episode of Light Matters, we take you on a brief tour of the Higgins Laboratories at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Quinsigamond Community College and WPI received a $4M grant...PHOTONICS BUYERS' GUIDE CATEGORIESBeam PositionersA beam positioner is a device (e.g., prisms, lenses, tubes) used to align a beam in a system.Alignment Vision SystemsMotion ControllersPan and Tilt MountsCOMPANIESPhotonics Buyers' GuideLaCroix Precision OpticsOptics that Defend, Build, Cure and Discover The LaCroix name is synonymous with quality precision optics. 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