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New Scale patents miniature piezo vibe motor

New Scale patents miniature piezo vibe motor

Developed for mobile devices, New Scale’s newly patented piezo vibe motor is 33% smaller than DC vibe motors and generates no magnetic interference with compasses or other sensors in the device. Smaller, non-magnetic vibration motor can replace DC vibration motor in...
Ultra-compact M3-LS Linear Smart stage now has absolute encoding

Ultra-compact M3-LS Linear Smart stage now has absolute encoding

Now with absolute encoding, the M3-LS Linear Smart Stage is a USB micro-stage with integrated drive electronics, 0.5um resolution and nearly zero friction under all load conditions. Stages are easily configured into X-Y and X-Y-Z systems.  “All-In-One” USB...

M3-LS-1.8 Linear Smart Stage

All-in-one USB micro stage has 0.5 μm resolution, 6 mm stroke and high lateral stability The ultra-compact M3-LS-1.8 Linear Smart Stage is a miniature USB microstage with 0.5 µm resolution and absolute position encoding. It has less than 10 µm run-out and 1 millirad...
Bringing Image-Guided Laser Surgery to Endoscopy

Bringing Image-Guided Laser Surgery to Endoscopy

Article in MDT magazine: In an effort to advance the benefits that lasers can offer to surgeons, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center partnered with a motor and motion control specialist to fabricate an endoscopic laser scalpel that incorporates a remote-controlled beam steering device right in the endoscope head.

New rotary micro drive eliminates jitter and magnetic fields

New rotary micro drive eliminates jitter and magnetic fields

New Scale rotary drive system based on piezoelectric motor technology is also smaller and more precise than servo drives. It represents a major advance over servo drives for use in UAVs and micro-UAVs, micro assembly and many other applications.

New Scale awarded four patents for piezoelectric motor drive and control techniques

New Scale awarded four patents for piezoelectric motor drive and control techniques

Innovations reduce power consumption; optimize speed and force of miniature piezo motors. Since its founding in 2002, New Scale has secured twelve US patents and numerous corresponding international patents for piezoelectric motors and motion systems with unmatched miniaturization, micrometer-scale resolution, fully-integrated microelectronics and intelligent firmware.

Moisture-resistant piezoelectric micro motor

Small, precise motor is sealed for operation in high-moisture environments This video demonstrates a customized SQUIGGLE micro motor operating under water. The piezoelectric motor is customized with a water-resistant housing including a silicon molded bellows and a...