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Aerotech manufactures a large selection of rotary tables including direct-drive models that use our own brushless rotary servo motors, as well as worm-gear-driven models. Stages are available with many different size apertures, table diameters, and mounting options to provide the ideal solution for your industrial automation application. Wobble and runout performance is outstanding. Aerotech’s tables are used in industrial robots, fiberoptics and photonics, vision systems, machine tools, assembly, semiconductor equipment, medical component laser machining, electronic manufacturing, and other high-performance industrial automation applications. In addition, Aerotech manufactures drives and motion control solutions that perfectly complement our rotary tables.

Rotary Air Bearing Stages	Direct-Drive Mechanical Bearing Stages	Gear-Driven Mechanical Bearing Stages

Rotary Air-Bearing Stages

ABRS Rotary Air Bearing Stage	ABRT Rotary Air Bearing Stage
Aerotech’s ABRS series rotary air-bearing stages provide superior angular positioning, velocity stability, and error motion performance in an exceptionally low-profile package. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech's ABRT series rotary air-bearing stages provide superior angular positioning, velocity stability, and error motion performance along with impressive payload capacity and outstanding radial and axial stiffness. Click here for complete product information.
Tabletop Diameter 128.1-278.1 mm Resolution 0.18-0.036 arc sec Bidirectional Repeatability <1 arc sec	Tabletop Diameter 100-200 mm Resolution 0.055-0.027 arc sec Bidirectional Repeatability <1 arc sec

Direct-Drive Mechanical-Bearing Rotary Stages

ANT95-R Series Direct-Drive Rotary Stage	ANT130-R Series Direct-Drive Rotary Stage	ADR160 Direct Drive Rotary Stage
The ANT95-R direct-drive rotary stages are part of Aerotech’s nano Motion Technology product family, and offer unprecedented in-position stability (0.05 arc sec) and incremental motion (0.1 arc sec) performance. Click here for complete product information.	The ANT130-R direct-drive rotary stages are part of Aerotech’s nano Motion Technology product family, and offer unprecedented in-position stability (0.05 arc sec) and incremental motion (0.1 arc sec) performance. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s ADR series direct-drive rotary stages provide superior angular positioning and velocity control. These stages have higher accuracy and repeatability than competing models. Click here for complete product information.
Max Aperture 11 mm Accuracy 10 arc sec Load 2.0 kg	Max Aperture 11 mm Accuracy 10 arc sec Load 3.0 kg	Diameter 160 mm Accuracy ±5 arc sec Load 25 kg
ADRT Direct Drive Rotary Stage	ADRS Rotary Stage	ARMS Direct Drive Rotary Stage
Aerotech’s ADRT series direct-drive rotary stages provide superior angular positioning and velocity control. Applications range from indexing to high-speed laser machining to precision wafer inspection. Click here for complete product information.	The ADRS series rotary stage features a high torque output, direct-drive brushless servomotor. The ultra-low-profile of the stage reduces the effective working height of the system minimizing "stack-up" related errors. The ADRS series provides a clear aperture that can be used for product feed-through or laser beam delivery. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s ARMS series direct-drive rotary stages provide superior angular rates, accelerations, and positioning for the testing of inertial components and systems such as MEMS, gyroscopes, inertial measurement units, avionics, and accelerometers. Click here for complete product information.
Diameter 146 - 260 mm Accuracy ±30 arc sec Load 30 - 173 kg	Diameter 95 - 190 mm Accuracy 6 arc sec Load 16.9 - 56.2 lb	Aperture 8 mm - 25 mm Resolution 0.02 - 2 arc sec Accuracy (Calibrated) ±2.5 arc sec
ALAR Series Direct Drive Rotary Stage	ADR175/240 Direct Drive Rotary Stage	ARA1000 Rotary Actuator
Aerotech’s ALAR series direct-drive rotary stages provide superior angular positioning and velocity control with exceptionally large apertures. With the combination of a large aperture and direct-drive motor, the ALAR series makes worm-drive large aperture stages a thing of the past. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s ADR series direct-drive rotary stages provide superior angular positioning and velocity control. Applications range from high-speed laser machining to precision wafer inspection. Click here for complete product information.	The ARA1000 rotary actuator was designed for applications requiring articulation for large payloads. It eliminates the mechanical instability of high load inertia, multi-axis systems through a proprietary design that significantly increases stage stiffness. Click here for complete product information.
Max Aperture 325 mm Accuracy ±3.9 arc sec Load 6463 N	Diameter 175 mm Accuracy ±5 arc sec Load 25 kg Diameter 240 mm Accuracy ±1 arc sec Load 135 kg	Diameter 342.9 mm Accuracy ±2 arc sec Load 45 kg
ADR75 Direct Drive Rotary Stage	ASR1000 Direct Drive Rotary Stage	ASR1100 Direct Drive Rotary Stage
Aerotech’s ADR series direct-drive rotary stages provide superior angular positioning and velocity control. Applications include high-speed laser machining, and precision wafer inspection. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech's ASR1000 series direct-drive rotary stage was designed to meet the demanding needs of high-performance precision machining. The low-inertia motor and high-accuracy encoder make it the ideal combination of speed and accuracy. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s ASR1100 series is an extension of the hugely successful ASR1000 direct-drive rotary stage. The ASR1100 adds an integral pneumatically-operated collet chuck providing “out-of-the-box” material handling capability. Click here for complete product information.
Diameter 75 mm Accuracy ±5 arc sec Load 3 kg	Diameter 19 mm Accuracy ±15 arc sec Load 3.0 kg	Max Aperture 14 mm Accuracy ±15 arc sec Load 3 kg
ASR1200 Direct Drive Rotary Stage	ACS Series Rotary Stage	ACS LP Series Rotary Stage
Aerotech’s ASR1200 series is an extension of the successful ASR1000 direct-drive rotary stage. The ASR1200 adds an integral pneumatically-operated collet chuck for automated material handling and a sealed water jacket for wet cutting processes. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s ACS series rotary stages with integrated ER collet chuck or 3-jaw gripper configuration provides automated material handling capability for a wide range of materials and applications. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s ACS LP series rotary stages with integrated ER collet chuck provides automated material handling capability for a wide range of materials and applications. Click here for complete product information.
Max Aperture 5.8 mm Accuracy ±15 arc sec Load 3 kg	Max Aperture 30 mm Accuracy ±15 arc sec Load 140 kg	Max Aperture 30 mm Accuracy ±6 arc sec Load 41 kg
ADRH Direct Drive Rotary Stage	WaferMax T
Aerotech’s ADRH 100, with its compact profile and high speed, direct-drive rotary motor, provides a compact alternative to traditional high-speed rotary spindles. Click here for complete product information.	Aerotech’s Wafermax T rotary stage is an excellent choice for applications that require high performance in a low-height package. Originally designed for the demands of precision wafer inspection, the Wafermax T stack-up benefits have been applied to a multitude of applications. A standard 25 mm aperture allows for easy pass-through of vacuum lines where limited rotation is required. Click here for complete product information.
Diameter 104.8 mm Resolution 3.6 arc sec Max Rotary Speed 2500 rpm	Diameter 106.7 mm Accuracy ±5 arc sec Load 40 kg
Gear-Driven Mechanical-Bearing Rotary Stages
AGR Series Motorized Rotary Stage	ART300 Motorized Rotary Stage	ART50/100 Rotary Stages
The AGR series motorized rotary stages provide significant improvements in speed, load capacity, and long-term positioning performance over competitive worm-gear-drive stages, as well as large apertures for a variety of applications. Click here for complete product information.	The ART300 series of motorized stages provides precision rotational positioning for laboratory and industrial applications alike. This industrial-grade stage has excellent accuracy and resolution, making it the ideal indexer for precision factory automation. Click here for complete product information.	The ART50 and ART100 rotary stages offer superior positioning performance in very compact, low profile units. They are companion stages to the ATS50 series linear positioning stages and are ideal for space-critical applications such as optical trains and vacuum operation. Click here for complete product information.
Aperture 50 mm - 200 mm Accuracy 20 arc sec Axial Load 90 kg - 570 kg	Diameter 300 mm Accuracy 0.5 arc min Load 115 kg	Diameter 50 mm Accuracy 0.06 degrees Load 5.0 kg Diameter 100 mm Accuracy 0.05 degrees Load 10 kg