The NPS-Z-500C piezo stage from Queensgate provides unrivalled position precision and accuracy for a wide range of microscopy and materials inspection applications. Its small footprint allows easy integration into instrumentation and test equipment, making it ideal for customized projects.
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The stage moves 500 µm in a closed loop, maintaining a flat platform over the full travel range due to its low error motions. It also has a rotational error of just 0.0025°. This allows cantilevered loads to be offset without affecting precision, ideal for test probes or life-science samples. The stage features Queensgate’s capacitive positioning sensors, which offer market-leading 2 nm resolution and 5 nm repeatability, with linearity errors of less than 0.002%. A settle time of just 10 ms enables users to quickly scan samples with no loss of accuracy.
A key advantage of the NPS-Z-500C is its plug-and-play functionality. The stage connector includes all calibration data and a reference sensor, enabling easy installation or controller changes. Combined with the NPD-D-6110 controller it offers analog command input and positioning output (0-10 V, or ±10 V), along with USB, RS-232 and Ethernet digital communications. The DLL interface facilitates control using standard software packages such as Queensgate Nanobench, µManager, Metamorph, and Elements via RS232C.
The NPS-Z-500C is a highly versatile nanopositioning device with applications ranging from high-precision microscopy and semiconductor component testing to astronomy and optical engineering, such as mirror positioning.