Thermic Edge Vacuum Products

Our Advanced Linear Manipulator is fabricated from a pair of Conflat flanges, connected by edge welded bellows. Aluminium yolks offer strength and stability whilst keeping the assembly lightweight. It’s design includes three guide bars, which make it self-supportive and therefore do not rely on the lead screw for rigidity (anti-deflection/rotation), providing an even more precise and controlled movement than our Standard Linear Manipulators, maintaining parallelism between the travelling platform (yolk) and the base/mounting flange and extending the lifespan of the lead screw and dependant components.

The large travelling platform design can accommodate a single bellows size up to ø93.0mm (internal, through bore) or multiple DN16-35/40CF bellows (3x max) for varying feedthroughs. This affords the Advanced Linear manipulator the unprecedented versatility to be coupled with sample/cradle rotation (manual/motorised/pneumatic), high power, liquid/gas and/or RF feedthroughs. The ø18-25mm guide bars are more than capable of the high loads required of all the beforementioned options combined whilst maintaining smooth and precise linear motion.

The use of high-quality stainless-steel linear bearings (low friction coefficients) and Igus® guides ensure the smoothest operation coupled with a longer life span.

Advanced Linear Manipulators can be fitted with either varying positional encoders and scales upon request. They can be configured with mounting flanges ranging from DN2022-350CF (Conflat) or ISO200-400K/F (ISO clamped/bolted) and standard strokes of either 50,100 or 250mm.

Upon request, our in-house design and engineering team can accommodate larger flange sizes and/or increased stroke lengths (up to 1000mm) as well as top flange X-alignment and tilting configurations, to suit your individual requirements.