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Introduction
The ANT130-XY crossed-roller-bearing, linear motor, dual-axis stage continues the evolution of the ANT series of stages. The ANT130-XY and ANT130-XY-PLUS are three-piece designs that allow travel in two dimensions (X and Y). The sleek design provides an extremely low profile of only 85 mm. The stage comes with proprietary direct-drive motor technology, noncontact linear encoders, limits, integrated cable management system, and two grades of accuracy.

Stage Design
The ANT130-XY design allows critical elements such as orthogonality, straightness, and flatness to be optimized, resulting in a stage with exceptional geometrical tolerances. Aerotech’s direct-drive technology has no hysteresis or backlash, enabling accurate and repeatable nanometer-scale motion in both the X and Y dimensions. All travel options (60 mm x 60 mm, 110 mm x 110 mm, 160 mm x 160 mm) come with the 85 mm profile height.

The ANT130-XY uses anti-creep crossed-roller bearings for improved load capacity as well as higher precision and smaller incremental moves when compared to linear motion guides. You can expect outstanding accuracy, position repeatability, and in-position stability with the ANT130-XY stage.

Noncontact Direct-Drive
Only noncontact direct-drive technology offers the robust, accurate, and high-speed positioning necessary for mass production of precision devices. ANT130-XY stages utilize advanced direct-drive technology pioneered by Aerotech to achieve the highest level of positioning performance. This direct-drive technology is high-performance, non-cogging, noncontact, high-speed, high-resolution, and high-accuracy.

This unique drive and bearing combination, packaged in an extremely small-profile and footprint, offers tangible advantages in many applications such as high-precision positioning, disk-drive fabrication, fiber alignment, optical delay element actuation, sensor testing, and scanning processes that demand smooth and precise motion. The integrated cable management system is designed for long life and to minimize drag forces.

Multi-Axis Configurations
The ANT130-XY can be combined with other Aerotech ANT series products (vertical lift stages, direct-drive rotaries, and goniometers) to create unique, high performance, multi-axis systems.