Details: **Consists of two short isolation elements (length 15.6 in.) and control unit, maximum load: 220 or 660 lbs depending on version.
The new Vario Basic series has replaced the well known Halcyonics MOD-2 system. It has especially been designed as a cost-effective isolation system for applications with high static load and only slight load changes during the operation. This isolation system needs to be manually adjusted prior to use. Later on, there is no further tuning or adjusting required. The isolation effect of the Vario elements starts right at 0.7 Hz and, above 10 Hz, attains more than 38 dB (Vario Basic 40-100). A major advantage of Halcyonics active systems is that they eliminate interfering natural low-frequency resonance generated by passive systems with a more or less marked natural resonance, typically in the range of 1 to 4 Hz. These passive systems cannot suppress vibration in this frequency range, they tend rather to increase it. Compared to passive systems, our active systems deliver excellent vibration isolation characteristics right at exceptionally low frequencies of 2-3 Hz. They actively isolate vibration for all the 6 existing degrees of freedom. Vario Basic elements are always used in pairs; each matched pair must be operated in parallel alignment. You can also configure 2, 4, 6 or more isolation elements.
The compact dimensions and versatile application options of this product series make it ideal for OEM installation in customer-specific applications and for configuration of active vibration isolation work areas and platforms in the lab. There are virtually no limits when it comes to the range of uses offered by Vario systems.
A major application example for Vario Basic systems is the combination of isolation elements with optical breadboards, to be used for Laser applications such as interferometers, holographic assemblies and more. Other examples can be found in many different markets: optical profilers in nanotechnology, UHV scanning tunneling microscope chambers for materials research, smaller 3D coordinate measuring machines (CMM) in production-related metrology as well as high-througput screening technologies in modern biotechnology.
- Modular design, three different standard sizes available
- Two different load versions available
- AC power from an electrical outlet is sufficient; no compressed air supply is needed
- Provides better vibration isolation (> 98.75% isolation above 10 Hz) than is normally possible with complicated, large optical tables
- No natural low-frequency resonance; as a result, excellent vibration characteristics also in frequency ranges below 5 Hz
- Active isolation in all six degrees of freedom
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