Zonda hexapod

Product catalog summary

Overview: The document provides technical specifications and applications for the ZONDA hexapod, a high-resolution, small-sized hexapod designed for precision positioning and motion control in various scientific and industrial applications.

Key Features:

Very high stability and payload capacity up to 400 kg.
Compatible with vacuum environments and ISO5 clean rooms.
Equipped with absolute linear encoders for precise motion control.
Resolution for Tx, Ty is 0.1 µm.

Applications:

Instrumentation, optics, testing laboratories, synchrotrons.
Aeronautics, spatial applications, metrology, semiconductors.
Used in testing space optical instruments for MTG satellites and calibration of cameras for the PLATO mission.

Specifications:

Motion and Positioning:
- Travel range for ZONDA S: Tx, Ty ± 50 mm, Tz ± 25 mm; for ZONDA: Tx, Ty ± 200 mm, Tz ± 150 mm.
- Resolution: Tx, Ty, Tz 0.1 µm; Rx, Ry, Rz 1.5 µrad for ZONDA S and 0.5 µrad for ZONDA.
- Repeatability: Tx, Ty, Tz ± 0.25 µm; Rx, Ry, Rz ± 2.5 µrad for ZONDA S and ± 1 µrad for ZONDA.
Mechanical Properties:
- Stiffness: X, Y 5 N/µm for ZONDA S and 8.5 N/µm for ZONDA; Z 50 N/µm for ZONDA S and 30 N/µm for ZONDA.
- Payload capacity: 400 kg in vertical orientation, 140 kg in horizontal orientation.
Miscellaneous:
- Operating temperature range: 0 to +75°C.
- Materials: Aluminum, stainless steel, Invar, Peek.
- Size and mass: ZONDA S platform Ø 320 mm, height 360 mm, mass 37 kg; ZONDA platform Ø 720 mm, height 640 mm, mass 99 kg.

Options:

Clean room and vacuum compatibility.
Higher speed options with brushless or DC motor.
Hand-held control unit available.

Controller:

Type: ALPHA+ with Ethernet interface.
Power supply: 110-240 VAC / 50-60 Hz.

Catalog excerpts

High resolution hexapod small size KEY FEATURES ■ Very high stability ■ Large travel ranges ■ Absolute linear encoders ISO5 clean room compatible hexapod to test ZONDA Hexapod in a vacuum chamber space optical instruments for MTG (Meteosat Third with a mirror for optical calibration at Generation) satellites at BERTIN Technologies. Thales Alenia Space. This ZONDA S hexapod aligns two parts of a space This ZONDA S positions a coronograph This ZONDA hexapod positions a laser telescope in an ISO5 clean room. in order to characterize it in a vacuum interferometer (Zygo) in order to characterize chamber at Liege Space Center (CSL). the X-ray mirrors at Synchrotron SOLEIL.

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for small travel range for large travel range Travel range Tx, Ty, (mm) Travel range Tz (mm) Datasheet subject to change without notice. All data are superseded by any new release. R141025 The performances are specified for single axis motions, with all other axes at midrange and for a rotation center in the middle of the mobile platform. ZONDAS Compact version High amplitude version

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