Newsletter | January 21, 2025

01.21.25 -- Unlock Precision: Custom Solutions, Nano Tech & Big Science Insights

Custom Vs. Off-the-Shelf Solutions: Are You Dreaming Big Enough?

Custom positioning solutions offer significantly more leeway for innovation, allowing designers to create systems tailored to meet unique application needs with precision and flexibility. Contrary to common misconceptions, these bespoke solutions often come at a far lower cost than expected, particularly when considering the long-term benefits of optimized performance and reduced operational challenges.

 

Designing Precision Positioning For Vacuum Environments

The manufacture and calibration of UHV positioning systems is a complex task that sometimes pits design and maintenance considerations against the instrument’s technical performance. Any positioning system designed for use in UHV must be robust, with a very low failure rate. The cleaning process for UHV stages is also critical.

 

How To Specify A Custom-Designed Instrument

Customers who approach a custom design project with a clear-eyed view of the solution’s basic specifications, budget, and expected timeline set the foundation for success. By clearly defining their needs and expectations upfront, they enable design teams to focus their efforts on creating tailored solutions that meet or exceed requirements.

 

Extreme Metrology: Big Science Requires A Nano-Perspective

Extreme metrology applications involve more than enough unknown variables, from environmental factors to the complexity of measuring at atomic or nanometer scales. The last thing researchers need is uncertainty in their tools. That’s why reliable, precision-engineered instrumentation—whose performance has been rigorously tested and proven—is essential.

 

Video: Nanopositioners, What Are They Good For?

This presentation, from the APS March 2021 Meeting by Shannon Ghorbani, will give an overview of what a nanopositioning system is, and more importantly, how this versatile tool can be used across a range of physics applications.

 

High Resolution Steps For Angular Displacement Using The Nano-MTA2

This application note presents data demonstrating the Nano-MTA2's ability to take extremely small steps of 25 nanoradians with these steps able to be discerned by external measurement. This performance is possible due to the low noise and high-resolution capabilities of PicoQ® sensors.

 

SOLUTIONS

MMP-UHV50

The MMP-UHV50 is an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) compatible micropositioning system designed for high-precision positioning in demanding environments.

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