Magnetic Levitation For The Next Level Of Precision Motion And Control

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When we first spoke about that technology and the development, my first thoughts were “how cool is that - we will make objects fly!” You know those things only from science fiction.

When we first spoke about that technology and the development, my first thoughts were “how cool is that - we will make objects fly!” You know those things only from science fiction.

Contactless, Friction, and Vibration Free

What makes magnetic levitation technology so unique is the contactless, virtual bearing we can create in our mechanical system without any contact. Magnetic levitation can overcome many of the disadvantages we see in existing solutions. For example, we do not have any kind of stick slip effects within the system, so the performance and precision solely depend on the sensors and control electronics we use. Combining the latest generation nanopositioning sensors and control algorithms, we can achieve precision not only in the nanometer but also in the picometer range.