NUTEC Components Inc.

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LTG (Long Travel Granite) series  integrates linear translation stage with a robust granite backbone, suitable for higher performance positioning over long travels.  LTG stages offer substantial cost savings, as the stage itself is an integrally supported motion system.

Product Summary

· Self-supporting Granite Back Bone Provides Ultimate Stability

· Ultra flat/straight Liner Motion Trajectory. From 0.3 to over 3 meters of Travel

· High-resolution linear encoders achieve nanometer range resolution.

· Available with a variety of drive and guide technology to meet your application

LTG Features & Benefits

Our Long Travel Granite (LTG) Positioning stage series are semi-custom products engineered to achieve the performance you require. Based on a series of standard component designs for the saddle, granite base, guides, drives and encoders a unique component is developed to satisfy the requirements of your application. Using this mix and match palate of standard components with proven and characterized behaviors we can quickly deliver LTG stages precisely matched to your positioning requirements, for excellent trajectory over long travels.

Applications

The Long Travel Granite series is a design which integrates a linear translation stage into a granite base making it suitable for higher performance precision positioning of large payloads. The Long Travel Granite stage offers substantial cost savings since the stage itself is an integral motion system which requires a minimal support with modular frames or steel weldments. A number of demanding positioning requirements in Metrology. Laser Welding, Scanning and Laser Cutting can be addressed with the LTG Series.

Extremely precise linear motion systems with a  choice of guide, drive and feedback components.

Standard Precision linear translations  made with re-circulating mechanical bearing guides to provide well controlled flatness/straightness excursions.

High Precision linear translations made with porous air bearing guides to provide exceptional flatness and straightness control.

Capable of High Positioning Accuracy, due to a choice of very high resolution encoder systems, positioning repeatability measured in the nanometer range. Standard with Linear Encoder Analogue of TTL output, optional High performance Laser Scale position feedback or the LTG can be equipped with a compact robust fiber optic delivered laser interferometer system.  

High Velocity Translation created by powerful linear motor drive form a choice of Iron core and Iron less Linear motors. Iron less Linear motors are capable of constant velocity with no detectable velocity ripple. At modest velocity Iron core motors display  velocity ripple  below 0.1%. Using advanced digital closed loop servo controls. LTG Stages have very High Payload Capacity, suitable for use moving masses up to 500kg.

LINEAX LTG Specifications

LTG –2500

LTG Long Travel Granite

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Notes:

· Straightness/Flatness described over full travel

· Accuracy described per meter of travel

· Payload capacities are recommended values to achieve maximum lifetime in the worst-case scenario featuring maximum dynamic operation and off-center loading.

· Force, acceleration and speed performance are based on operations with NUTEC ELECTRONIC controls.

 

LTG –SP

Travel Length

(mm)

300-3000

Drive System

Brushless Linear

Motor

Maximum Acceleration

Payload
Dependent

Maximum Speed

Unladen 3 m/s

Maximum

Peak Force

1,680 Newton

Maximum Continuous Force

325 Newton

Recommended Maximum Load

 

L1 Parallel to base

500 kg

L2 Tension

Perpendicular to base

200 kg

L3 Compression

Perpendicular to base

200 kg

Feedback

Non-Contact Linear

Encoder System

Sinusoidal Feedback

1 V (P-P) 20-micrometers/cycle

4096x interpolation

TTL Feedback resolution

5 μm, 1μm, 0.5μm, 0.25μm, 0.2μm

100nm & 50 nm

Laser Scale

100 pico-meter

Fiber Optic Delivered Laser Encoder

38 pico-meter

Repeatability

5x Resolution

Construction

Aluminum Alloy Body

Hard Coat Gray

Anodize

LTG

Envelope

 

LTG-300

LTG-1000

LTG-2000

LTG-3000

Travel Length mm

300

1000

2000

3000

Trajectory Control

 

 

 

 

Linear Encoder Systems Accuracy

 

 

 

 

 Standard (SP)

± 10 µm

± 20 µm

± 30 µm

± 35 µ/m

High Precision (HP)

± 5 µm

± 10 µm

± 15 µm

± 20 µ/m

Laser Scale Systems Accuracy

 

 

 

 

Standard SP

± 1.0 µm

± 1.0 µm

± 1.0 µm

± 1.0 µm

High Precision HP

± 0.5 µm

± 0.5 µm

± 0.5 µm

± 0.5 µm

Laser Interferometer Systems Accuracy

 

 

 

 

 Standard

± 60 nm

± 60 nm

± 60 nm

± 60 nm

High Precision HP

± 30 nm

± 30 nm

± 30 nm

± 30 nm

Straightness

 

 

 

 

Standard  Precision (SP)

± 2.0 µm

± 3.0 µm

± 3.5 µm

± 4.0 µm

High Precision

(HP)

± 1.0 µm

± 1.5 µm

±  2.0 µm

±  2.0 µm

Extra High Precision (XHP)

± 0.5 µm

± 1.0 µm

± 1.0 µm

± 1.0 µm

Flatness

 

 

 

 

Standard (SP)

Mechanical Bearing

± 2.0 µm

± 3.0 µm

± 5.0 µm

± 6.0 µm

High Precision (HP)

Air Bearing

±1.0 µm

± 2.0 µm

± 3.0 µm

± 3.5 µm

Yaw/Pitch/Roll

 

 

 

 

 Standard SP

10 arc-sec

10 arc-sec

10 arc-sec

10 arc-sec

High Precision HP

4 arc-sec

4 arc-sec

4 arc-sec

4 arc-sec