Zaber Technologies Inc. - Vancouver, BC
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of standard and custom positioners designed for micro-positioning. Devices include micro and miniature linear actuators, linear stages, rotary devices, tilt and vacuum devices, and multi-axis systems. Various applications include photonics, optics, testing, control, measurement, instrumentation, material science, surveillance, security, industrial automation, biomedical, microscope, and any other that requires precision positioning.
Brand Names: Zaber
www.zaber.com/?linkid=tnethomepdm

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. - Auburn, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
ISO 14001:2004, ISO 9001:2000 & OHSAS 18001:1999 certified custom manufacturer of micro positioners including actuators. Specifications of micro positioners include 0.005 kg to 60 kg load capacity & 2 mm to 100 mm travel. Micro positioners are suitable for semiconductors, wafer inspection, nano lithography, nanometrology & piezomotor applications.
Brand Names: PICA
www.physikinstrumente.com/en/products/piezo...

Micro Positioners Products
	Hexapods Six-Axis Micropositioning Systems

Baldor - Fort Smith, AR
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Custom manufacturer of programmable motion controls including linear, micro, piezoelectric & servo positioners. Programmable motion controls are available with 2 MB to 32 MB on-board memory, 12 VDC to 24 VDC digital outputs, 50 mA to 350 mA digital outputs, 0 degrees C to 40 degrees C operating temperature, 32 MHz to 120 MHz processor speed, 1 USB port & 2 MB to 512 MB RAM. Features of programmable motion controls include fast floating point processor, onboard digital & analog input & output & RS 232 & RS 485 serial interfaces. CE & NEMA approved. UL & cUL listed.
www.baldor.com/products/linear_motors.asp

Sissco Hoist & Crane - Hillsborough, NJ
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Distributor of load positioners. Load positioner is a self-contained hydraulic link between hoist & load, precise vertical positioning of suspended loads. Capacity from 1000 lbs. to 40,000 lbs.
Brand Names: Loadpositioner, Permadur
www.sisscohoist.com/below_the_hook_lifting_...

Del-Tron Precision, Inc. - Bethel, CT
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
ISO 9001 certified custom manufacturer of ball slide miniature linear positioning stages for measuring instruments & optical assemblies. Positioning stages are available in X, XY & XYZ configurations. Specifications of positioners include 37.6 mm L x 32.7 mm W x 13.5 mm H to 171.7 mm L x 153.4 mm W x 23.1 mm H overall dimension, 0.003 typical coefficient of friction, 0.005 mm ball & 0.003 mm roller repeatability, 0.01 mm micrometer drive graduation, 0.013 mm/25 mm ball & 0.003/25 mm roller straight line accuracy, 1.8 kg to 13.6 kg loading capacity on X & XY axis & 0.7 kg to 13.6 kg ball slide loading capacity on Z axis on Z axis, 18.1 kg to 38.5 kg on X & XY axis & 0.6 kg to 13.6 kg on Z axis loading capacity, 8 mm to 51 mm dia. through hole, 19.1 mm x 19.1 mm to 130 mm x 130 mm work surface & 6.4 mm to 50 mm travel.
Brand Names: Del-Tron
www.deltron.com/Micrometer_Positioning_Stag...

Macron Dynamics, Inc. - Croydon, PA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Custom manufacturer of positioners including micro positioners. Specifications of positioners include maximum travel up to 48 in., 0.09375 in. to 0.25 in. input shaft, 10 in./second to 18 in./second maximum speed & payload capacity up to 2,000 lbs. Positioners are available with corrosion resistant surfaces.
www.macrondynamics.com/products

Specialty Motions, Inc. - Corona, CA
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Veteran owned manufacturer & distributor of remote controlled micro & work positioners including positioning tables & stages for robotic applications. Specifications of positioning stages vary depending upon types & include 0.25 in. to 1 in. stroke, 0.0005 in. straight line accuracy, 2 lbf. to 120 lbf. load capacity & 0.001 in. graduation drives. Specifications of positioning tables vary upon models & include 25 mm to 130 mm track rail width, 50 mm to 600 mm travel length, 47 mm overall height, 95 mm width & 170 kg maximum load capacity. One year warranty. Kan Ban & JIT delivery.
Brand Names: EasySlider, SMI
smi4motion.rtrk.com/?scid=2834840&rl_alt=ht...

Isotech, Inc. - Hatfield, PA
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Manufacturers' Rep, Service Company
Manufacturers rep. & distributor of positioners including micro positioners & robotic positioners. Positioners are available in black anodized & other finishes. Services include deep drawing, hydroforming, dip brazing, powder & wet electrostatic painting, anodizing, silk screening, pad printing, MIG, TIG & spot welding & assembly & packaging. Markets served include industrial, medical, military OEM & in-plant markets.
Brand Names: Aeroflex, Airpel, Bel-Air, Del-Tron, Korfund Dynamics, Macron, VMC, Vibration Mountings & Controls
www.isotechinc.com/positioning-stages.html

Micro Positioners Products
	Ball Slide Positioning Stages (Series 99, 100, 200) Ball Slide Positioning Stages (Series 300, 450, 750) Ball Slide Positioning Stages (Series 400, 500, 700) More

Velmex, Inc. - Bloomfield, NY
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Stock & custom manufacturer of small manual & motorized stages. Specifications of manual slides include horizontal capacity ranging from 2 lbs. to 400 lbs., width ranging from 1.5 in. to 9 in. & travel range 0.25 in. to 80 in. Choice of 7 lead screw pitches. Resolution options: 0.01 in. to 1 micron. Options: encoders, way covers, special finishes, & locks. Motor stages specifications: travel ranging to 80 in., payload capacity to 300 lbs., speed to 6 in per sec.; resolution to 2 microns. Controls: open loop step motor standard; closed loop servo optional. Options: programmable motor controller or encoders.
Brand Names: UniSlide
www.velmex.com/manual_examples.html

Tolomatic, Inc. - Hamel, MN
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
ISO 9001:2000 certified custom manufacturer of actuating devices including linear, micro, remote control & robotic positioners. Types of actuators include air or hydraulic powered, ball screw, brake, electric hydrostatic, electrical, electromechanical, fluid power, hydraulic, linear, magnetically coupled, pneumatic, linear rotary, rotary vane, robotic, servo driven welding, valve & servo pneumatic actuators.
Brand Names: TruTrack
www.tolomatic.com/products/index.cfm

Nelson Air Corp. - Milford, NH
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of standard & custom integrated positioning systems including micro, robotic & rotary positioners. Capabilities include CNC machining, inspection, custom designing, engineering drawings & CAD designing, Solidworks™ 3-D parametric solid modeling, system integration, software & data acquisition, grinding & assembling & air bearing refurbishment & repair. Applications include optical fiber manufacturing, tensile testing, semiconductor wafer handling, satellite research, digital printing, automotive testing, optics grinding & spectrometry.
www.nelsonair.com/NA_services.htm

Aerotech, Inc. - Pittsburgh, PA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer of direct-drive linear & rotary stages, ball-screw linear stages, worm-gear rotary stages, air bearings, lift stages, goniometers, gimbals, motion controllers, drives, linear & rotary motors & complete positioning subsystems. Specifications include up to +/- 250 nm accuracy, 1000+ mm travels & 135+ kg load bearing capacity for linear positioners. Specifications include +/-1 arc sec accuracy, 360 degree continuous or limited travels & 600 kg load bearing capacity for rotary positioners. Features include anti-creep cross-roller bearings, non-contact, non-cogging & frictionless direct drive. Stages are suitable for high-performance applications including industrial robot, fiber optic & photonic, vision system, machine tool, assembly, semiconductor equipment, medical component laser machining, electronic manufacturing & industrial automation applications.
Brand Names: Aerotech
www.aerotech.com/

Ibex Engineering - Newbury Park, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Manufacturer OEM screw driven stages to Nano based, ultra high vacuum positioning stages, Solving linear or rotary positioning requirements. Experience with a wide variety of materials and motor technologies. Along with standard offering of positioning systems specializes in developing custom OEM solutions.
www.ibexeng.com/products

Famco Machine Div., Belco Industries, Inc. - Kenosha, WI
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of standard & custom positioning machinery & positioners including micro positioners, tool positioners & work positioners. Products include regular duty screw equipped slide assemblies for accurate manual positioning, regular duty cylinder powered slide assemblies for quick-action movements & repeatability in tooling, fixturing & parts positioning, heavy duty lead screw slide assemblies, low profile ball slides, universal cutter grinders with multi-slide tool head for micrometer positioning, angular positioning of spindle carrier & collet clamping of sliding sleeve, bench-type cutter grinders for single-flute cutters & plain-head cutter grinders with micrometer handwheel for positioning of cutter to grinding wheel. Made in the USA.
Brand Names: Milwaukee Slide & Spindle
www.famcomachine.com/?page_id=8

Sutter Instrument Co. - Novato, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of micro positioners. Features include black anodized aluminum body & spring-loaded stages. Micro positioners are available in single, double or triple stages for X, Y & Z axes. Micro positioners have 0.20 in. x 0.44 in. x 1.03 in. dimension, straightness less than 1um & 2um., wobble less than 1 um, screw adjustments of 64 TPI & thermal stability of 60 degrees F to 165 degrees F. 2-year limited warranty available.
www.sutter.com/products/product_sheets/MM-1...

The Precision Alliance (TPA) - Fort Mill, SC
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Manufacturers' Rep
Provider of a wide variety of linear motion & positioning systems. Can supply higher precision & unique solutions for linear guides, slides & bearings, ball screws, cam roller bearings, heavy-duty telescopic slides, shaft couplings & more.
onlinecatalog.tpa-us.com/category/positioni...

LinTech - Monrovia, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
ISO 9001: 2000 certified. Manufacturer of standard & custom work & micro positioners for welding applications. Specifications of positioners vary depending upon models & include 2.93 in. height, 8 in. width, 3,300 lbs. load capacity, 6 in. to 60 in. travel range & speed up to 50 in./second. Various features include round rail linear bearings, mountings, various couplings & acme & ball screw options. Positioners are suitable for EOT & home switches, linear & rotary encoders, power-off electric brakes, motor wrap packages & mounting brackets. Markets served include aerospace, alternate energy, automotive, fiber optics, food processing, machine tool, medical, oil, packaging, paper & pulp, semiconductor, solar & textile. Made in USA.
www.lintechmotion.com/product-select1.cfm

Candy Manufacturing Co., Inc. - Niles, IL
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of positioners including micro positioners. Specifications of micro positioners include 0.500 in. to 1.125 in. shaft dia., 0.5 hp to 7.0 hp capacity at 1750 rpm speed, 42.5 in.lbs. to 595 in.lbs. torque at 100 rpm speed, 66 in.lbs. to 900 in.lbs. maximum static torque, 125 lbs. to 500 lbs. overhung load, 3.7 in.lbs. to 38.4 in.lbs. control knob torque & 6 lbs. to 41 lbs. weight. Features of micro positioners include aluminum housings, stainless steel input & output shafts, dial indicators, key locks, vents, control knobs, oil sight glasses & drain plugs.
Brand Names: Candy
www.candycontrols.com/Positioner/Positioner...

Nova Tech, Inc. - Smithfield, RI
Distributor, Manufacturer
Manufacturer & distributor of micro rotational positioners for precision welding applications. Micro positioners are available in 5 3/4 in. centerline height from table with 15 degrees tilt increment, 3 in. chuck, 9 1/4 in. overall height & 6 in. dia. Features include adjustable tilt & direct contact grounding system. Positioners can handle horizontal load up to 25 lbs. & vertical load up to 50 lbs.
www.novatechinc.com/shopping/Work_Holding_a...

H2W Technologies, Inc. - Santa Clarita, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Manufacturer of standard and custom micro positioners including linear motor driven stages. Linear motor driven stages are available in various models & configurations. Specifications of motor driven stages include 120 in. travel, 240 in./second acceleration, 12 G acceleration, 550 lbs. peak force, 165 lbs. continuous force, 0.00004 in. or 0.0002 in. resolution, plus/minus 0.0012 in./ft. flatness, plus/minus 0.0013 in./ft. straightness, 2 in. to 20 in. stroke, plus/minus 0.0007 in./ft. accuracy, plus/minus 0.0004 in. repeatability & load bearing capacity up to 55 lbs. ISO 9001:2008 compliant.
www.h2wtech.com/default.aspx

Dover - Boxborough, MA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Lean manufacturing capable manufacturer of standard & custom micro positioners & piezoelectric positioners. Other products include X-Y tables, single-axis tables, rotary tables, air bearing spindles, linear motor stages, air bearing stages & gantry stages.
www.dovermotion.com/ProductFamiliesPage.asp...

Kinetic Ceramics, Inc. - Hayward, CA
Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer
Manufacturer of standard & custom piezoelectric positioners including micro piezoelectric actuators. Available with nanometer resolution movement & no magnetic fields or vacuum operation. Services include design engineering & turnkey. Markets served include aerospace, defense, automotive, medical, telecommunications, semiconductors, electronics, microelectronics, optics, metrology, precision machining & laboratory/basic research. Piezoelectric actuators are made in the USA.
Brand Names: Piezo
www.kineticceramics.com/index.html

Electric Motor Center, Inc. - Russellville, AR
Distributor, Service Company
Distributor of programmable motion controls including linear, micro, piezoelectric & servo positioners. Specifications of stages include 2.7 N to 65 N static force, 4 lbs. to 88 lbs. payload, 4 in./second to 59 in./second velocity & acceleration up to 0.2 g. Features include four-axes of motion in single plane & linear dual axis air bearing steppers & piezoelectric motors. Positioners are suitable for fiber-optics, scanning probe microscopy, electronic component alignment, biological sample manipulation & automated manufacturing applications.
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Anorad Corp. - Hauppauge, NY
Manufacturer
Manufacturer of linear, rotary & multi-axis positioning components & controls.; Manufacturer

Jilson Group, The - Lodi, NJ
Distributor, Manufacturer, Custom Manufacturer, Service Company
Distributor, manufacturer, exporter & importer of positioners like micro type, tool type, valve type & work type, which are used for industrial & office applications. The systems are available in many sizes, styles, & capacities.
Brand Names: Caster-Pro, VLIER