SmarAct Inc. Your Partner for High Precision in Positioning and Metrology

doi:10.1017/S1551929519000191

SmarAct Inc. Your Partner for High Precision in Positioning and Metrology

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2019

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Type: Company Profile
Information: Microscopy Today , Volume 27 , Supplement S1: 2019 Buyers' Guide , March 2019 , pp. 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1551929519000191 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2019

SmarAct develops high-performance solutions for handling and positioning in the micro- and nanometer range. The broad product portfolio - from single positioners to complex parallel kinematics, miniaturized robots and easy-to-use control systems - is completed by sophisticated measuring equipment based on powerful laser interferometers.

• Linear and Rotational Positioners for UHV, HV and Cryogenic Environments—stick-slip piezo actuators with low-heat profiles and ultra-high vacuum compatibility which allow sample manipulation down to the mK regime. The stages are based on SmarAct’ s piezo driving technology which is optimized for cryogenic temperatures down to the mK range. Additionally, they can be used at temperatures of up to 330 K like our standard UHV positioners. Furthermore, they are bakeable at high temperatures of up to + 150 °C.
• SMARPODs—parallel-kinematic systems for manipulating objects in all six degrees of freedom. The hexapod-like SMARPOD is considerably more compact than common serial kinematics. It has many advantages such as higher rigidity, low moving mass hence improved dynamical response and a user-definable virtual pivot point. Due to the modular design of the SMARPOD, its size and strength can be adapted to changing requirements, reaching from a few centimeters to almost a meter of travel with nanometer resolution. The picture shows a SMARPOD from the 115.25 series.
• Microscopy Stages with Micro- and Nanomanipulators—SmarAct Microscopy Stages can be fitted to microscopes of all major manufacturers. The motorized X-Y sample positioning systems allow travel ranges of up to 100 mm with nanoscopic resolution and nanometer repeatability as with SmarAct’s linear positioners. Based on our experience for micro- and nanomanipulators, every microscopy stage can be upgraded with different 3D or 4D micromanipulators for most of the tasks in applications and fundamental research experiments.

SmarAct—for high precision matters: We serve high accuracy positioning and metrology applications in research and industry within such fields as optics, life sciences, micro assembly, semiconductors and microscopy. Maintaining the complete production in house allows a high level of customization so that we can always provide you the optimal individual or OEM solution.