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Micropositioning for Microscopy (Biophotonics International®, May 2003)

ASI's newest version of our venerable PZ-2000 Piezo-Z Top Plate XY Stage now has twice the vertical Z-axis travel. This ultra-precise stage now incorporates new 200 micron piezo elements in the Z plate while maintaining nanometer accuracy and providing high resolution and highly repeatable XYZ motion, . Embedded piezo actuators for Z-axis translation allows any objective to be used, and eliminates twisting wires or needed spacers required when a piezo element is put onto a single objective. The XY axes still derive their precise control through the use of closed-loop DC servo motors employing high-resolution rotary encoders for positioning feedback, or with optional linear encoders for 20 nanometer scale resolution. Optional linear encoders improve repeatability to less than 300 nm (typical) compared to the standard rotary encoder's 800 nm (typical) repeatability rating.

For more information, click here to visit our Piezo-Z stage web page.

WELCOME to ASI's Summer e-Newsletter!

Applied Scientific Instrumentation is pleased to offer you our mini-e-Newsletter with a few tidbits of information for researchers and designers requiring precision motion systems.

SC-2000 Shutter Controller

SZ-2000 Stereozoom Automation

20/20 Environmental Chambers

For readers who made it all the way to the end of this e-mail and will be visiting us at SemiCon 2005 in San Francisco, CA July 12 - 14th or at Neuroscience 2005 Nov 12 - 16 in Washington, DC: stop by our booth (#8735 at SemiCon), tell us you read this paragraph, and we will give you a nice pen!