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Video from Laser World of Photonics in Munich
The video “Forward-looking medical technology” features innovative products on display in Munich at Laser World of Photonics 2107. New Scale Technologies’ David Henderson describes a medical application of the M3-FS Focus Module. Watch the video.
Newest M3-LS Linear Smart Stage has longer travel, higher load capacity for embedded microscopes, other precision micro positioning tasks
Latest addition to “all-in-one” microstage stage family moves >100 gram loads with 500 nm resolution over 15 mm travel
Cambridge NeuroTech to offer New Scale Technologies’ Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System for in-vivo electrophysiology
The MPM System, the first multi-probe micro-manipulator optimized for use with new silicon neural probes, enables high-yield acute in-vivo brain recording and optogenetics
Miniature beam steering, mirror positioning developers’ kits now available for purchase at Digi-Key and Mouser
Rotary piezoelectric smart stages with embedded controllers make the system smaller, easier to use than galvo systems
New Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System Maximizes Productivity and Precision during Acute In-Vivo Recording
Developed with leading researchers, the MPM System is the first micromanipulator optimized for silicon probe insertion and independent, automated positioning of five or more probes simultaneously.
New Scale earns 16th and 17th patent for miniature piezoelectric motor system innovations
Patents cover a new rotary piezoelectric motor that achieves very high rotational speed with significant torque in a very small diameter, and a compact wide-angle optical beam steering assembly that has been commercialized in the M3-RS-U Rotary Smart Stages and beam steering developer’s kits.
Cobra Fiber Positioner in Full-Scale Production at New Scale Technologies
New Scale Technologies has achieved full-scale production of 200 Cobra positioners per month at its advanced manufacturing center near Rochester, NY. Mature processes for production and testing enable New Scale to support fiber spectrometer programs with the volume,...
New Scale upgrades lifetime spec for miniature all-in-one focus module and micro stage, targeting commercial and industrial OEM applications
Miniature M3-FS Focus Module and M3-LS Linear Smart Stage with built-in controllers have new, dramatically improved lifetime specification of >10 million moves.
New Scale to develop world’s smallest commercial hexapod under Phase 1 SBIR grant
New Scale Technologies has been awarded an SBIR grant from NIH to develop a miniature commercial hexapod, a tiny six-degree-of-freedom micromanipulator. Tiny micro-positioner has applications in retinal microsurgery, robotic end-of-arm tooling, MEMS and photonics...
FAQs on M3-RS-U beam steering demo
The M3-RS-U two-axis beam steering system with built-in controller was the most popular demo in our booth at Photonics West and Bios 2016. Here are a few of the questions that we answered most often at the show.
M3-FS Focus Module excels in industrial robotics application
Miniature focus system with embedded controller is successful in dynamic stability, vibration and lifetime testing
Miniature two-axis beam steering system is ideal for precise, point-to point beam steering in small spaces
DK-M3-RS-U-2M-20-L developer’s kit for two-axis beam steering includes two miniature, 12-mm diameter rotary smart stages with built-in controllers. Rotary piezoelectric smart stages and built-in controllers make the system smaller and easier to use than galvo scanner...
Miniature single-axis mirror positioning system boasts smallest size, easiest operation
Miniature piezoelectric smart stage — a rotary micro stage with built-in controller — enables simple, precise point-to-point beam steering
New Scale’s M3-LS Smart Stage is finalist in 2015 EE Times & EDN ACE Awards
The ACE Awards, presented by EE Times and EDN, showcase the best of the best in today’s electronics industry.
ECN Impact Award for mechatronic module
New Scale Technologies won the 2015 ECN Impact Award for Electromechanical / Mechanical Devices with the M3-LS Linear Smart Stage, one of the company’s innovative all-in-one micromechatronic modules.
Developer’s kit now available: tiny all-in-one focus solution helps OEMs miniaturize analytical imaging systems
M3-FS smart module delivers high-precision focus in tiny footprint; helps OEMs miniaturize cameras for medical, industrial and commercial applications. Buy developer’s kits at Digi-Key and Mouser.
USB microstage developer’s kit aids development of handheld, portable and mobile instruments
DK-M3-LS-1.8-6 developer’s kit includes an M3-LS Linear Smart Stage, USB adapter, cables and software for easy evaluation using a PC. World’s only all-in-one micropositioning stage has embedded drive electronics for smallest size and unmatched ease of use...
New Scale earns fifteenth patent in twelve years
New piezoelectric haptic actuator features small size, non-magnetic operation, and ability to run distinct programmable vibration patterns for high-resolution haptic displays and other systems. The new patent covers a linear VIBE actuator, which generates vibrations by linear movement of the motor mass itself.
