Bio-Medical & Science

The Ability to Do Work, Verify Its Accuracy & Feedback the Data

• Capping & Closure
• Filling/Dosing/Dispensing
• Eject, Divert, Sort
• Leak Test
• Sealing/Labeling
• Pick-and-Place

Improve Quality When Working Under FDA GMP & European Directive Environments

These precise devices eliminate incremental errors that come with the use of open-loop actuators. SMAC’s precision actuators are fully close-looped and provide extremely accurate position data and positioning capability with resolution as to five nanometers. Easy setup, compact, all-in-one package is ideal for integration to existing equipment and new developments.

Advantages of SMAC’s Precision Actuators:

• Direct linear drive: Uses no ball screws, no rotary bearings, no motor brushes
• No backlash:  Cog-free linear motion, which is free from backlash, irregularity, and energy loss that result from converting rotary to linear motion. These attributes result in a high level of smoothness, zero dithering and controllability.
• No hysteresis - No influence from moving direction
• Variable velocity: A wide range of velocity is available, from millimeters to meters/sec.
• Controllable velocity: Obtaining a smooth and consistent velocity
• Faster Settling Times
• Large acceleration: The high force-to-low moving mass ratio allows large accelerations up to 100 mm/sec.
• Accuracy & Repeatability: 5 micron encoder with options of 1, 0.1, 0.5 microns or 50 nanometer encoder. The zero-backlash feature provides a highly repeatable system.
• Data feedback
• Packaged subsystem: the positioning system is completely integrated – the actuators, positioning sensor, slides, and the controller. Hardware and software for positioning control are already implemented. 

Application Examples

• Material Testing: Artificial Heart Valve
• Push/Pull Testing: Hypodermic Needles
• Microscope Stage & Moving Optical lens
• Genotyping and Gene Expression Profiling
• Laser materials processing
• Ejection of Mis-orientated Caps
• De-blistering (pushing pills)
• Nanotechnology
• Automated Medical Catheter Assembly

For more information on how SMAC precision positioning actuators and stages can be useful in genomics, contact us to request a product demo.