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Experimental Equipment

Stable, motorised support for optics, samples, diffractometers and detectors, customised to each beamline.

At a glance

  • Tables fully motorised in pitch, roll, yaw, vertical and lateral motion, with Z-translation as an option.
  • Up to 7.5 tonne load capacity, in sizes up to 2.5m × 3.0m.
  • More than 20 experimental tables installed at DESY, Swiss Light Source, Canadian Light Source, Diamond Light Source and HPCAT at the APS.
  • Platforms can be mounted on airpads for easy installation and movement.
  • Kinematic mount interface to a breadboard or diffractometer base.
  • High accuracy (±1µm) limit switches on each motion.
  • Optical linear encoder to ±0.1µm precision.
  • Sample tables with long Z travel (>10m) on a rack & pinion rail system.
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Five degree of freedom table render with the X, Y and Z axes and the pitch, roll and yaw rotations marked
Five degree of freedom table.
Detector mount render: a Pilatus 2M detector on its support frame beside a Huber Kappa sample stage, both on a common platform with five degrees of freedom
Diffractometer detector mount.

In this range

  • Experimental table with airpads for in-hutch movement at PETRA III, DESY

    Five Degree of Freedom Tables

    DESY, Swiss Light Source, Canadian Light Source, Diamond Light Source, APS

    Stable support for optical components, experimental equipment and diffractometers.

    Load
    Up to 7.5 tonne
    Size
    Up to 2.5m × 3.0m
    Vertical
    Translation ranges up to 150mm
  • Render of a sample table with a breadboard top on a motorised multi-axis base

    Sample Tables

    NCD at ALBA; I22 at Diamond Light Source

    Horizontal X and Z travel, vertical adjustment, and pitch and yaw adjustment, with a fine Z stage accessible anywhere in the long travel range.

    Breadboard
    750mm × 750mm (larger sizes possible)
    Vertical
    Translation ranges up to 200mm
    Yaw
    ±10° range, ±0.7μrad repeatability
  • Render of a vacuum compatible goniometer stage

    Goniometers

    Double Laue monochromator, Australian Synchrotron

    An HV and UHV compatible goniometer with an angular range of ±5°. Larger ranges to ±10° are possible.

    Repeatability
    Unidirectional, to <1µrad
    Resolution
    <2µrad per step
    Load
    Up to 500N
  • Diffractometer detector mount installed on the Swiss-Norwegian beamline at the ESRF

    Multi-Purpose Diffractometer Detector Mount

    Swiss-Norwegian beamline at the ESRF

    A separate support frame for a Pilatus 2M detector weighing 42kg, on a common granite platform with the sample goniometry.

    Motions
    15 motorised movements in total
    Angle
    Diffraction angle of up to 45°
    Distance
    About 150mm to almost 1000mm

Technical data

Five degree of freedom table motions
MotionResolutionRepeatability
X<0.1μm±0.5μm
Y<0.3μm±0.5μm
Pitch<0.5μrad±1.0μrad
Roll<1.0μrad±1.0μrad
Yaw<5.0μrad±1.0μrad
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