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Colorimetric Calibration Breast Cancer Research
Fiber optic Manufacturing  

3 axis positioning system for anechoic chamber at the Illinois Institute of Technology

UniSlides and BiSlides are used in many wind tunnel and similar test chamber applications.

Wheel of Fortune

UniSlides are used to position the overhead TV camera that shows the wheel
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Bausch and Lomb

A motor MA1500 UniSlide shown below in used in the new Technolas 217 vision-correction laser marketed by B & L. The positioners is used for focusing The motor is side-mounted using a custom motor mounting plate.
X-Y Positioning and Measurement with your Instrument  
This 3 axis motor driven UniSlide scans a 72" x 72" area.

It can support instruments weighing up to 60 pounds.

UniSlides are used for Colorimetric Calibration This system measures the spectrophotometric/colorimetric values for several hundred color patches on one or more calibration targets

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Velmex Provides Positioning System For Breast Cancer Research  
Researchers at Dartmouth College, Thayer School Engineering, are seeking new ways to diagnose breast cancer.

Using the diffuse near infrared tomography, researchers hope to detect pre cancerous changes in breast tissue. To accomplish this, they needed to coordinate an array of fiber optics in a radial pattern around the breast.

The system designed by Velmex includes 16 small UniSlideŽ positioners spaced in a radial pattern to position the fiber optics. The entire array is also movable in a vertical direction using a Velmex BiSlideŽ system.

A control system provides for synchronized, simultaneous movement of the 16 linear positioners using low voltage step motors. A separate control is provided for vertical motion. Joystick operation is standard with computer control optional. Go top

UniSlides Used for Fiber optic Manufacturing
Nextrom Co in Finland is a leading manufacturer of optical fiber draw towers. Sondek Oy. provide them with this instrument called Pullman that allows the operators to control the draw tension of the bare, hot fiber (dia. = 0.125 mm) while the fiber is moving at speeds of 1000 m/min or more. The apparatus uses an A40 Series (knob facing camera) and A60 Series (on edge, in back). The Pullman is clearly improving the yield and provides better quality control of the fiber.


Ultrasound Tank as designed by University of Cincinnati with three axes UniSlide using the Parallel Coupled style on the base axis.

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stop motion movie

An example of simultaneous linear and rotary motion. Velmex BiSlide linear stages and Rotary tables are used in stop motion animation production.

See a short movie here