A biotechnology company has successfully achieved its demanding life specifications with New Scale Technologies' M3-RS-U2-4.5-360 Rotary Smart Stage for embedded motion in a photonics instrument.
The lead optomechanical engineer for the project reports that the M3-RS-U2 Rotary Stage, without a load, has surpassed 65 years of use case, or seven million moves, without any degradation of the performance or issues with communication and has surpassed 30 years of use case with a load.
The independent life testing surpasses New Scale's published specification for the number of random positions by 3.5x.
"When delivering a complete mechatronics solution, product reliability is extremely important," said David Henderson, CEO at New Scale. "Expected operational life is an important consideration as design engineers search for ways to scale their large benchtop photonics instruments down from a breadboard to a commercial product."
OEM design engineers who need to embed micro-motion into photonics instruments have many components to consider, including the motor, driver, controller, position sensors and guide mechanisms. New Scale’s M3 micro-mechatronic modules are motion systems with all of those components pre-integrated and pre-engineered, optimized for minimum size, weight, power and maximum operational lifetime.
The M3-RS-U2 Rotary Stage was redesigned and introduced in 2022 optimized for high-volume production. The rotary stage provides better than 0.022 degrees closed-loop resolution and bandwidth of ~100 Hz, making it ideal for high-precision point-to-point positioning applications.
Requiring only 3.3 VDC input and the ability to hold position with no power, it is optimal for integration into handheld, portable and battery-powered instruments.
For information on developer's kits, visit https://www.newscaletech.com/contact-us/m3-module-distributors/.
The M3-RS-U2 Rotary Stage provides better than 0.022 degrees closed-loop resolution and bandwidth of ~100 Hz, making it ideal for high-precision point-to-point positioning applications.
