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Optical Alignment

Mecademic robots are highly precise, providing exceptional repeatability of 0.005 mm and enabling active alignment with increments of 0.001 mm. Their compact size and flexibility in mounting orientation allow easy integration into tight spaces to assemble optical elements for products such as lasers and cameras. The robot base can be mounted directly on metric optical breadboards and offers stable positioning with minimal vibration characteristics comparable to high-precision stages. Mecademic has partnered with multiple international clients in the Photonics and Optics sectors, providing solutions for precisely manipulating and handling delicate parts.

Choose the right Mecademic robot for your optical alignment application

SCARA Robot

If your application contains small parts presented on horizontal surfaces, and if the parts can be inserted without reorienting them about non-vertical axes, then our SCARA robot is the perfect candidate for your robotic automated assembly application.

Meca500 Robot

In some automated assembly scenarios, our Meca500 robot arm is a better fit. Choose the six-axis robot if:

 

  • your application involves working with parts that are presented in different orientations (such as in 3D bin picking) or that need to be reoriented about non-vertical axes;
  • small tilting motions are required during the fitting process, even when parts theoretically remain horizontal;
  • your application does not have a horizontal mounting surface;
  • a tool turret end effector is used.

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