Adjustment Screw and Nudger Selection Guide

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Newport offers a full range of Adjustment Screws and Nudgers to meet various experimental requirements. Manual Actuator types include Vernier and Digital Micrometers, High-Resolution Differential Micrometers, High-Precision Adjustment Screws, Long-Travel Micrometers and Remote Control Cables.

Selecting an Adjustment Screw or Nudger

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Adjustment Screws and Nudgers

Adjustment Screws		Travel (mm)	Sensitivity (µm)	Graduations (µm)
	Tiny Adjustment Screws	2–28	0.7–0.9	None
	High-Precision Adjustment Screws	6–50	0.6–5	None
	Thread-Matched Adjustment Screws	10-50	0.7–0.9	None
	Precision Adjustment Screws	4–10	1.4	None
	High-Precision Adjuster	8, 0.3	1, 0.02	approx. 1
	Adjustment Screw Remote Control Cables	N/A	N/A	N/A
Knudgers
	Low Profile Kinematic Stops and Nudgers
	Ball Tipped Nudgers

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