Features & Benefits
Accurate, Repeatable, Smooth Motion
Similar to air bearings, Hydrostatic bearings provide significant advantages over mechanical bearings or other approaches to linear motion. Because they have no mechanical contacting parts to wear, or create drag, hydrostatic bearings are close to frictionless, providing ultra-smooth, repeatable and maintenance-free motion. Manufactured with tight geometric tolerances, our standard hydrostatic stages are able to deliver arcsecond pitch, roll and yaw.
Configuration Flexibility to Meet Your Specific Needs
Part of our “Pride in Precision” philosophy means providing you with the precise solution needed. We don’t believe in selling our customers more, or less than what their application calls for. For over two decades working with our customers, we’ve developed a broad range of options and accessories to address the majority of ultra-precision motion applications. (See options and accessories for a complete list.)
No matter how broad our product options are, we realize they don’t address every possible application. Our precision motion experts will work closely with you to configure a rotary motion solution that will meet your exact needs.
Options
- Motor drives and controls
- Encoders and digital readouts (DRO)
- Vacuum carriage top and controller to hold sensitive lightweight parts safely and securely
- Custom bolt patterns
- Hydrostatic Pump Unit (HPU)
Accessories
- Custom fixturing and work holder tooling
- Gage stands
- MicroTIR electronic gage packages
- µTIR-10: display with single lever-type electronic indicator
- µTIR-11: display with single lever-type electronic indicator and encoder interface
- µTIR-20: display with dual lever-type electronic indicators
- µTIR-21: display with dual lever-type electronic indicators and encoder interface
- Granite surface plates
- Structural steel frames with passive vibration isolation leveling feet
Motor Drive Options
With proper selection and integration of high-performance brushless DC servo motors ABTech’s hydrostatic linear stages provide ultra-smooth and precise linear motion. With high torque, high performance motor drives, ABTech’s stages are designed to accommodate a wide range of precision motion applications typically found in precision machining and grinding. Our motion experts will gather your specific requirements and work closely with our motor suppliers to create/select a motor drive that suits your specific application. Whether you need sub-micron position accuracy with minimal settle time and stringent following error specifications, or high-speed constant motion, or a combination of both there is an ABTech linear stage that will meet your needs.
We use 2 ABTech air-bearing spindles with tip/tilt and centering capability in our facility. These units are used for precision assembly and final metrology. We have never had an issue with either one, and the ABTech team is a great partner for us. We will be adding more systems as our young organization continues to grow.Jayson TiersonPresident
Vertex Optics
Every product we sell exemplifies our company-wide commitment to "Pride in Precision" craftsmanship. To that end, all of our products are designed, manufactured, and tested exclusively by ABTech at our New Hampshire facility.