PORTLAND, Ore. — Angstrom-level accuracy is needed to stabilize platforms used in applications like microelectromechanical system testing, nanoscale metrology and semiconductor fabrication tools. One ...

Call it what you will — resonance, looseness, vibration, shock load, backlash, imbalance, noise, or strain cycles — none of it is good for machinery and equipment, leading to premature aging, unsafe ...

Unlike conventional ball or roller-based linear guides, hydrostatic guidance systems eliminate all metal-to-metal contact. The guide carriages move on a thin cushion of high-pressure fluid, which ...