Nanopositioning for beamline instrumentation

Solutions for beamlines Positioning accuracy for beamline applications High performance, high speed and extreme reliability Synchrotrons harness the power of electrons producing intense beams of X-rays, ultra-violet and infrared light. Super microscopes use this light to study anything from fossils to jet engines to viruses and vaccines. Queensgate offers an extensive product line of UHV compatible sensors, piezo actuators, and piezo stages. Whether standard or custom, our systems typically deliver decades of reliable performance, minimizing downtime. Synchrotron engineers and beamline manufacturers...

Piezo stages and actuators DPT actuators – precision, speed and reliable performance Queensgate flexure-guided piezo-actuators position optics, lasers, samples, and monochromators with picometres of resolution. All Queensgate stages and closed-loop actuators incorporate capacitive positioning sensors for the best positioning performance and are also available as vacuum compatible versions. All closed-loop stages and actuators use plug and play technology. The calibration and reference sensors are held in an EEPROM in the airside cable connector. This allows control units to be interchanged for...

Advanced control technology A tool kit to deliver the best performance for your application Low noise / high resolution Queensgate closed-loop piezo digital controllers have low picometres of noise, which is essential for maintaining the integrity of signal over the longer cable lengths required in synchrotron applications. Digital control allows ultra-fine positioning and custom settings for variable loads optimized for speed and resolution. All controllers have an easy interface and come with a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) for Windows and Linux. Queensgate's NanoBench PC software is supplied...

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