Industrial motion control can require extreme positioning accuracy. Designers who build motion control systems rely on component suppliers to attain that accuracy through the use of motors, drives, gears, sensors and actuators. They also need those suppliers to help them fit motion systems into increasingly smaller industrial environments. In this webcast, industry experts including Aerotech’s [...]

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Z-Axis Nanopositioners

Achieve the highest level of performance for high-precision positioning in applications including disk-drive fabrication, fiber alignment, optical delay element actuation, sensor testing and scanning processes that demand smooth and precise vertical motion. The ANT95-L-Z and ANT130-L-Z crossed-roller, direct-drive Z-axis nanopositioning stages are the latest additions to our best-in-class ANT line of nanopositioners. As our customers have come to expect, these [...]

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Laser Marking for Medical Devices

The FDA has proposed a regulation that will require medical device manufacturers to imprint a unique identification code on implantable technologies. If approved, the rule will mean an increased demand in higher-accuracy laser systems for medical device applications. As Ilene Wolff (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) explains in this month’s Manufacturing Engineering magazine, a mark that [...]

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Where in the world is Aerotech?

May 8, 2013

Aerotech is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with full-service offices around the globe, but in the next weeks you can find us on the road as we exhibit throughout Germany, Canada and the United States! We invite you to join us at one of the following events where we will showcase the latest motion control and positioning [...]

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No Coding Required: DXF-to-Motion-Command Conversion Tool

April 10, 2013
Feeling daunted by learning a new control architecture?

Feeling daunted by learning a new control architecture? Aerotech’s CADFusion makes programming in AeroBasic™ or G Code as simple as clicking the button on your mouse. Turn your CAD drawings into code with Aerotech’s DXF-to-Motion-Command conversion tool in as little as a half hour – no coding required. For more advanced programmers, CADFusion will reduce development [...]

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2013 ASPE Spring Meeting at MIT – Precision Controls

April 10, 2013

On April 21-23, the American Society for Precision Engineering and the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are holding a joint meeting on Precision Control for Advanced Manufacturing Systems. This meeting will focus on new developments in feedback control as applied to advanced manufacturing systems. We also encourage presentations of a tutorial nature [...]

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Software Release Notes – 4.05.000

April 10, 2013
4.05.000

These release notes provide information about upgrading your Aerotech Automation 3200, Ensemble, or Soloist software, and about enhancements and fixes. The notes are current as of the published date, but may not represent the latest release. Please visit the Software Release Notes page for the latest update notes, or visit the Software Downloads page on the Aerotech website to [...]

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International Tradeshows for Nanotechnology, Defense, and Photonics

April 10, 2013
April Tradeshows

Join Aerotech this April at the following industry events in North America and Asia, where we will showcase our latest developments in nanopositioning and precision automation products. Stop by our table for product demonstrations, or contact us in advance to schedule a one-on-one appointment with an Application Engineer. If you can’t attend any of these [...]

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LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA 2013

March 13, 2013
Laser World of Photonics China

Aerotech, the industry leader in high-precision positioning systems and automation control solutions, cordially invites you to visit our display in booth W3.3602 at LASER World of PHOTONICS CHINA, being held from March 19th to 21st at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Aerotech’s demonstrations include: Demo 1: Laser Patterning Simulation The focus of this demonstration [...]

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UK Workshop for Machine Integrators and Users of PLCs

March 13, 2013
Workshop for Machine Integrators and Users of PLC

Are you a PLC user? Do you integrate motion into your machine design? Learn to program your entire machine – including motion – using the IEC 61131 standard (Ladder, Function Block, and Structured Text) for programmable logic controllers. In this free workshop, you will create standard application libraries (PLC and .NET) as well as combine [...]

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