For over 35 years, Aerotech has manufactured precision positioning and motion systems for businesses and organizations that require cutting-edge technologies and innovative systems. From ultra-high accuracy multi-axis air bearings to general-purpose linear and rotary systems, R&D organizations and manufacturing companies around the world depend on Aerotech’s precision positioning systems for their most critical applications in system development and test. Our high-performance systems are designed for years of use with little or no maintenance for the lowest cost of ownership.

Aerotech has provided hundreds of solutions for high-accuracy systems including many for high vacuum (10^-6 torr) and cleanroom environments. Our equipment is used for testing electro-optical systems, high-performance laser processing, materials testing and manufacturing, target tracking, satellite sensor calibration and verification, scanning, optical pointing, repeatability, and life-cycle testing for quality control. Using standard products where available, we also are able to customize our products with minimal development time. If you require a solution beyond the scope of our standard products, our engineering team can draw on its many areas of expertise to provide a complete solution suited to your specific application.

Highest Performance Gimbal Systems
We produce many single-axis rotary or multi-axis gimbal systems for optical testing, gyro testing, inertial navigation testing, and target tracking. These come in many sizes, accuracies, and payload capabilities to meet the most demanding requirements. When coupled with our controls, Aerotech gimbal systems perform high-accuracy angular positioning and scanning for characterization and test of multi-spectral sensors, inertial gyros, and missile seekers. Our AOM and AMG gimbals are also used for high accuracy, closed-loop target tracking with active and passive sensors, antennas, and telescopes.

Complete System Capability
Our linear and rotary air- and/or mechanical-bearing stages can be assembled into multi-axis systems for measuring component surfaces or positioning of payloads to sub-micron accuracy. Typical systems range from 25 mm travel to 1.5 meters of travel. Load capabilities of up to 455 kg (1000 lb) are not uncommon for our systems. We engineer, manufacture, and test all of our components and systems in our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities which include a large, ISO 6 (class 1000) cleanroom as well as an environmental test capability. By providing a complete system solution, our customers’ integration time, program risks, and development costs are significantly reduced.

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Aerotech, dedicated to the science of motion is a motion control systems manufacturer.