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Customization Examples

Whether you need modifications to standard products or have unique stage or system needs, our Product Customization Team is dedicated to building tailored solutions.

Linear Stages Customizations

Custom Ultra High Vacuum, Motorized Linear Bellows Stage

In this custom application for a customer an X-LRQ-EC stage has been mated to a 2.75 inch conflat, edge welded bellows. The combination allows for 100 mm of linear travel in an ultra high vacuum (UHV) environment with stage and all electronics mounted external to the vacuum chamber. Reaching pressures as low as 10-9 Torr this configuration allows for simple precision motion control. The LRQ family of linear stage was a good candidate for this specific application, but other linear stages may also be appropriate depending on requirements.

Vacuum Compatible Connectors

We can provide vacuum compatible connectors (shown) on request. Please contact an application engineer for more details. Note: our vacuum devices are shipped with flying leads, which can be crimped, tied, or soldered together to create a daisy-chain, with only four feedthrough wires (2 power, 2 data) required for multi-axis motion in a vacuum chamber.

Zaber Technologies: Customized Multi-Axis Vacuum Devices

With small modifications to the stage top, our X-LSM-SV vacuum compatible motorized stages can be mounted directly to the X-LRQ-SV. Alternatively, an AP101-V adaptor plate can be used to mount the X-LSM-SV to our vacuum compatible linear and rotary stages. Because we have optimized our built-in controllers to withstand low and high vacuum pressure, they can be daisy-chained in a vacuum chamber. This means that multiple devices can share one power supply and a single connection to a computer, which reduces the number of wires to your feedthrough. Our vacuum devices are shipped with flying leads, which can be crimped, tied, or soldered together to create a daisy-chain, with only four feedthrough wires (2 power, 2 data) required for multi-axis motion in a vacuum chamber.

Custom Large Platform Vertical Stage

This image shows a custom large platform vertical stage consisting of two 75 mm travel LRQ-EC stages and an AP181 adaptor. The LRQ stages use the lockstep synchronization feature of the X-MCC to move together. This system is well suited for vertical applications requiring increased travel lengths or high stiffness. Longer travel lengths are available.

LRQ Dual Drive

This LRQ stage has two independently driven carriages. This type of stage is ideal for space constrained applications requiring separate control of multiple payloads along the same axis of travel. This stage can be configured to allow up to 250 mm of travel per side. For synchronized movements, we recommend configuring this stage as a peripheral and controlling it with an X-MCC2

Custom Motorized Linear Stage with Higher Load Capacity and Stiffness

This LRQ stage has a larger stage top and doubles the number of linear bearings in the system. The maximum centered load, maximum cantilevered load, and pitch/roll/yaw stiffness are significantly improved from the standard version. This customization makes for an exceptional base stage in multi-axis systems.