CEDRAT Piezo Mechanisms
CEDRAT Piezoelectric Actuators
Mainly based on the APA concept, the CEDRAT Group has developed different mechanisms in order to fulfill its customers' requests for several degrees of freedom kinematics. These mechanisms take advantage of the APA concept offering a reliable, robust, precise and compact solution to its users.
These Standard mechanisms are currently available in order to meet various needs in terms of kinematics and force:
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FPS200M - Fast Piezo ShutterDeveloped by Cedrat in collaboration with EMBL (Dr. Cipriani), it is based on standard piezo amplified actuators APA200M with a special optical head. It provides a compact and low jitter shutter for X ray beam. Max Displacement: 400µm
Resonance Freq: 900Hz (unloaded)
Dimensions (mm): 21x60x44
Options: Strain Gauges; Vacuum; Tungsten interfaces Status: Standard Product |
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FPS400M - Fast Piezo ShutterDeveloped by Cedrat in collaboration with EMBL (Dr. Cipriani), it is based on standard piezo amplified actuators APA400M with a special optical head. It provides a compact and low jitter shutter for X ray beam. Max Displacement: 800µm
Resonance Freq: 495Hz (unloaded)
Dimensions (mm): 21x60x44
Options: Strain Gauges; Vacuum; Tungsten interfaces Status: Standard Product |
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XY25XS - XY Piezo StageIt is based on the APA25XS actuators. The compact XY25XS stage is well suited to integrate devices for fiber positioning, micro scanning. Max Displacement: 20µm Resonance Freq: 2200Hz (unloaded) Dimensions (mm): 18x50x50 Options: Strain Gauges Status: Standard Product |
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XY200M - XY Piezo StageIt is based on the APA200M actuators and posseses a high stiffness. Applications include mask positioning, atomic force or scanning tunneling microscopes. Max No-load displacement: 180µm
Resolution: 1.8nm
Resonance Freq: 550Hz (unloaded)
Dimensions (mm): 18x100x100
Options: Strain Gauges; Eddy Current Sensors Status: Standard Product |
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XYZ200M - XYZ Piezo StageIt is based on the APA200M actuators and posses a high stiffness. Applications include confocal microscopy, mask positioning, inspection. Max No-load displacement: 180µm
Max Z displacement: 200µm
Resolution: 1.8nm
Resonance Freq: 380Hz (unloaded)
Response time: 1.32ms
Dimensions (mm): 44x100x100
Options: Strain Gauges; Eddy Current Sensors Status: Standard Product |
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X240S - Linear StageLinear stage for high straightness, flatness and accurate displacement. This linear stage is particularly relevant for fast and precise positioning of optics such as in optical delay line system. Max No-load displacement: 240µm
Resolution: 2.4nm
Resonance Freq: 360Hz (unloaded)
Dimensions (mm): 18.5x50x50
Options: Strain Gauges; Eddy Current Sensors; Vacuum Status: Preliminary Product |
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SPT400MMLServo piezo tool SPT gets a fast motion of the diamond tool for machining assistance. Max. No-load displacement: 400µm
Force capability: 10N
Bandwidth: up to 450Hz (unloaded)
Typical spindle speed (rpm): 6000
Options: Status: Standard Product |
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OPP120SMThe objective piezo positioner OPP120SM is using the APA120SM actuator and an additional guiding to move vertically and accurately the objective. Max. No-load displacement: 140µm
Dimensions (mm): 50x65x40
Resonance Freq: 440Hz (unloaded)
Response time: 1.14ms
Options: Eddy Current Sensors Status: Standard Product |
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TT60SMThe tilt translator is based on 2 APA60SM actuators. Two types of movement can be generated: translation and tilt. Max. No-load displacement: 80µm
Angular displacement: 11mrad
Resolution: 0.1µrad
Resonance Freq: 3000Hz (unloaded)
Dimensions (mm): 18x13x25
Options: Strain Gauge; Vacuum; Status: Standard Product |











