PI miCos: A high density of solutions for the rarified world of vacuum

Since the last millenium, serving research and industrial needs for positioning equipment for vacuum and cryogenic applications has been a key focus for PI miCos.  These many years of expertise have yielded some of the most sophisticated design, manufacturing and support capabilities for the field available anywhere.  A host of off-the-shelf and customized configurations are offered, as are highly configured integrated assemblies of multiaxis motion for environments to 10^-9 mbar.  A small sampling is presented below.

In addition to having built impressive design and fabrication capabilities, PI miCos has deployed dedicated applications teams to support key fields, such as our recently-announced Beamline Instrumentation Group, which has its own field-specific website at BeamlineInstrumentation.com. Also see our earlier post, Little Motions for Big Physics.

Besides the PI miCos positioning equipment currently hard at work on Mars, a host of more Earthly applications can benefit from these capabilities, including:

• Diffractometry
• Ellipsometry
• Particle beam instrumentation
• Synchrotron beamline equipment
• Microlithography
• Nanoimprint lithography
• E-beam, ion beam and Auger microscopy...

As high-vacuum applications continue to spread throughout the research and technology world, constant innovation and continuous improvement of design and manufacturing processes are needed just to keep up.  Partnering with a source of acknowledged expertise will help your application be productive sooner and keep costs down.  Have a tough vacuum positioning application?  See our web resources and tutorials here and here, and consult your local PI miCos applications professional today.

	Ultra-High-Vacuum Rotation Stage with High Precision Reproducibility to 0.0002 deg (bidirectional) Rotational Velocity to 200 deg/second Payload to 50 kg Optional High Resolution Encoder Clear aperture up to 120 millimeters
	Ultra-High-Vacuum Positioning Table with Extreme Accuracy UPM-160 UHV Positioning Range to 205 millimeters (8 inches) Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.02 microns Max. Velocity 100 mm/second Payload to 35 kg Linear scale encoder (center mounted)
	Ultra-High-Vacuum Positioning Table LS-180-UHV Positioning Range to 508 millimeters (20 inches) Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.05 microns Max. Velocity 200 mm/second Payload to 100 kg Precision Limit Switches Available linear scale encoder (center-mount)
	High-Vacuum Positioning Table LS-110-UHV Positioning Range to 305 millimeters (12 inches) Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.05 microns Max. Velocity 90 mm/second Payload to 10 kg Precision Limit Switches Available linear scale encoder (center-mount)
	High-Vacuum Precision Positioning Table PLS-85-HV Positioning Range to 155 millimeters (6 inches) Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.05 microns Max. Velocity 100 mm/second Payload to 10 kg Precision Limit Switches Available linear scale encoder
	Ultra-High-Vacuum Positioning Table MT-65-UHV Positioning Range to 155 millimeters (6 inches) Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.05 microns Max. Velocity 100 mm/second Payload to 10 kg Precision Limit Switches Available linear scale encoder
	High-Vacuum Micropositioning Stage MTS-65 HV Positioning Range to 52 millimeters (2 inches) Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.1 microns Max. Velocity 8 mm/second Payload to 2 kg Precision Limit Switches Available linear scale encoder
	Ultra-High-Vacuum Positioning Table VT-80-FV-HV-UHV Positioning Range to 300 mm Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.2 microns Max. Velocity 20 mm/second Payload to 5 kg Precision Limit Switches
	Ultra-High-Vacuum Precision Actuator Pusher MP-20-L-UHV Positioning Range to 75 mm Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±0.5 microns Max. Velocity 3.5 mm/second Force max. 125 N Precision Limit Switches High resolution With MP-B & MP-F inserts
	Ultra-High-Vacuum Precision Linear Actuator MP-20-S-UHV Travel range 12.5 mm Unidirectional Position Reproducibility to ±1 microns Max. Velocity 3 mm/second Force max. 20 N Precision Limit Switches High resolution