Posted to News on 3rd May 2016, 19:44
3-6 axis photonics alignment platform for 24/7 production
FiberMaxHP is a second-generation 3-6 axis photonics alignment platform built on Aerotech's proven ANT nanopositioning product line. It is designed for critical photonics alignment applications in a highly automated, 24/7 production environment with no compromise in terms of speed, accuracy or resolution. This highly reliable drive and control technology ensures many years of maintenance-free service in a high-throughput manufacturing environment.
The FiberMaxHP non-contact direct-drive technology enables high-precision alignment without sacrificing production throughput. It is capable of 2nm linear and 0.05urad rotary minimum incremental motion, with speeds to 400mm/s, to meet the challenges of aligning next-generation photonics packages. The direct-drive technology employed in the FiberMaxHP is said to offer significant precision and throughput advantages over other alignment platforms.
Aerotech's controllers work with a variety of smart cameras and machine vision systems to help facilitate first light. The power servo scanning algorithms can be called to optimise power coupled through the devices. Standard scanning routines include fast align, hill climb, spiral and raster searches in up to six axes of motion.
Advanced kinematics enable a virtual pivot point to be generated where rotation can occur at any user-defined point in space rather than the physical rotation point of the FiberMaxHP axes. This assists the speed and accuracy of active alignment. There is an extensive array of software and hardware options to suit specific application requirements.
The FiberMaxHP is available with from three to six axes of direct-drive alignment, which enables the platform to be specified with the exact number of axes needed for the application. Since many applications require manual adjustment of fixtures and parts for a one-time initial alignment, the FiberMaxHP comes with up to three axes of manual angular alignment with +/-2 degrees of motion. These manual adjustment axes mount directly to the direct-drive platform and offer a more economical approach to alignment when adjustment is not frequently required.
Aerotech's FiberMaxHP features a modular design and can be easily customised with special arrangements of axes, fixturing and mounting patterns to meet the needs of specific applications.
Summary:
- Three to six axes of precision motion
- Proven reliability for 24/7 manufacturing
- Non-contact, direct-drive for all axes enabling high-throughput alignment
- 2nm linear and 0.05urad rotary minimum incremental motion
- Powerful controls with standard scanning algorithms and virtual pivot-point kinematics
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