Ultra-High Precision Linear Translation Stage
Direct Drive Linear Translation Stages with Linear Motor for High Velocity and Nanometer Resolution
V-551 series linear translation stages provide an unmatched combination of speed and precision in a compact package. These closed-loop, motorized translation stages are well suited for high-dynamics 24/7 industrial automation applications with the highest performance requirements. Driven by frictionless 3-phase linear motors and controlled by direct-measuring linear encoders, the V-551 series precision linear translation stages can provide linear motion with minimum increments of less than 1 nanometer. There is a choice of interferometric incremental encoders and absolute measuring encoders (that render referencing on power-up obsolete). These performance options, along with excellent guiding precision, straightness and flatness specs, make the V-551 motorized linear translation stage series the ultimate solution for the most demanding test, manufacturing, and measuring applications in multiple high-tech industrial applications.
Linear Motion Ranges
The moving platform of the linear translation stage covers the whole stage base and provides linear motion ranges of 60 to 230mm (longer travel ranges up to 1.2m are available with a number of other PI translation stages, including air bearing slides).
High Precision Automation
V-551 series motorized linear translation stages are designed to meet high duty cycle automation requirements for advanced applications such as semiconductor wafer inspection, optics and sensor calibration, laser inscription and processing, micro-assembly and other applications where reliable, high accuracy motion with nanometer precision and high velocity is required.
Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Stage Combinations
V-551 can be combined for applications where motion in 2 or 3 degrees of freedom (2-DOF / 3 DOF) is required. 2-axis, XY-tables can be built by stacking two single axis stages, while a custom Z-axis with weight force compensation can be used for 3-axis XYZ-stage combinations.
Motion Control: Closed-Loop Motor Controllers
A number of advanced closed-loop precision motion controllers and an extensive software package are available to extract the maximum performance from these reference-class positioners (see controller recommendations in the specification tables).
