ZABER TECHNOLOGIES

T-LSR Linear SlideA lot of people were requesting linear slides with longer travel and higher speed than what wehad. In particular, I remember one customer who wanted to position a 20 kg camera to within0.1 µm resolution, and another who wanted to shake a mobile phone at 10 Hz to see how longit would take to fail. There was a real demand to move things faster, and to move things muchheavier than a sensor or a petri dish. Many people also wanted to mount their slides in XY orXYZ configurations. These needs formed the basis for the design of our T-LSR series slides.There were some frustrating moments during lifetime testing of the alpha prototype. Some ofthe initial component choices were inadequate, but after revising the design a few times wefinally reached a point where we were really happy with it. Apparently, so are our customers!The T-LSR turned out to be more of a success than any of us expected. I’m looking forward todeveloping the next longer, faster, stronger version.– Jesse Schuhlein, Product Manager, Zaber TechnologiesDesign Spotlight34