XY positioning stage

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Custom Manual Stage Looking for an alternative to a competitor's manual positioning stage, another customer turned to Del-Tron to improve their design and provide cost savings. The customer requirements for the manual linear positioner included a 50mm travel in each axis and an overall height to match the existing stage. Their design incorporated externally mounted linear encoders. Our engineers responded to this request by designing a custom monolithic crossed roller XY positioning stage. The monolithic linear motion system, along with the crossed roller sets, was used to meet the height and accuracy requirements of the manual stage. Micrometers were used to provide the 50 mm travel in each axis of the manual linear positioners. Finally, the linear encoders were embedded internally in our design which eliminated the need for our customer to mount and align the linear encoders externally. This saved them both installation time and money while providing them with a manual linear positioner in a clean, elegant design solution.