Application Notes

In this technical note, motion devices are discussed first in the context of manual positioning. This discussion is equally applicable to automated positioning and motorized drivers ...

Details regarding the various factors that impact the motion of these devices and how to characterize their positioning precision and accuracy are the subjects of this technical no ...

Good fiber alignment produces the highest coupling efficiency and therefore the least signal loss before assembly or packaging of an optical system.

This manual provides descriptions and operating procedures for the integrated 3 axis ESP301 Controller/Driver (ESP = Enhanced System Performance).

Overview of Newport Corporation's new HXP100 Hexapod that is a parallel kinematic motion device providing six degrees of freedom: X, Y, Z, pitch, roll, and yaw.

This video explains how to configure, connect and communicate to ESP302 motion controller via RS232 communication port.

This video walks through the steps required for ESP302 IP configuration and communication via Ethernet.

In this video you will find a troubleshooting guide for ESP302 motion controller. Various tabs and commands to check controller, driver and positioner errors are described here.

This glossary covers important terms related to linear translation stages.

The function of a stage is to constrain motion to a desired direction. For a linear stage, the desired motion is along an ideal straight line. Any motion in a constrained direction ...

Motorized Linear Actuators provide customers the ability to upgrade and motorize Newport optical mounts or manual positioners for remote and computer control. As stand-alone units, ...

This tutorial introduces opto-mechanical component design basics and will familiarize the reader with the issues that need consideration in the selection of the most commonly used tabletop ...

For 50 years, Newport's motion team has been developing high precision custom/OEM systems for research, industrial and aerospace customers and providing solutions from system design ...

Our advanced motion products represent technology platform solutions with modified standards or custom development including, but not limited to, higher load capacity, higher speed ...

For applications requiring special environmental preparation, you can depend on Newport's extensive product lines and vast application experience. Over the years, we have mastered the ...

Our motion control assemblies are represented in three categories: standard product assemblies, gimbals and engineered multi-axis systems.

Our application engineers and designers will assist you to conceptualize your system through in-depth technical discussion and analysis. They can collaborate very closely with your ...

Whether your application requires the DynamYX® Datum™ capable of 5 G acceleration and nanometer accuracy, the evolutionary HybrYX® air and mechanical bearing “hybrid” stage or the newly ...

Choosing the right positioning technology for an application is a complex task. There are numerous choices of linear stages, rotation stages and actuators and each product has its own ...

Each material used in the design of a linear translation stage has its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages. The following is a summary of the properties for the most common ...