Ex model: UT100-50 ⇒ 50 mm travel
UT100.25CC.1 ⇒ I think CC.1 refers to the controller they are intended to be used with
The Newport / Micro Controle / Klinger UT100 line of motorized linear stages are reasonably priced, low profile stages. They may be a good choice if you want to build a custom compact microscope stage. Their main drawbacks are that 1), due to their higher than needed precision, they travel slower than desirable, and 2) the motor may be difficult to interface to.
McMaster inventory 2018-08-15
M4 screws
For some reason the counter-bored holes at the base are tapped. I drilled them out to make an M4 bolt slide through
There are feedthroughs that probably allow unbolting a lower stage without unbolting the upper stage (ie remove XY stage from a baseplate)
Looks to be 63 mm bolt spacing
Looks like you need at least 0.15“ clearance from bolt shoulder to top. I observed that 0.155 bolts were getting scraped, 0.150 seemed fine. To be safe, I turned bolt tops down to < 0.13. This was done by holding bolts in a drill while using a Dremel cutting wheel to sand them down.
Name | Type | Notes |
---|---|---|
UE30 | Variable reluctance stepper | WARNING: most stepper drivers can't (correctly) handle these |
UE71 | Permanent magnet stepper | Much larger than UE30 |
UE72 | Permanent magnet stepper | Much larger than UE30 9 mH, 3.3 R, 1.6 A, 5.3 V |
Official controller is CC-1, which can handle UE72 and UE30
Above: removing encoder. Middle picture shows encoder disk holder, although encoder disk has fallen off
pr0nscope attached an MDrive17 stepper to the encoder by doing the following:
I'd like to find a way to directly attach a stepper, such as an MDrive17. Look into this
Above: stage open ,showing a sheared coupler
If you crash the axis, an internal shaft coupler may shear (oops). TODO: figure out replacement part number
“bellows style shaft coupler”
https://www.mcmaster.com/#bellows-shaft-couplings/=1e68u37
Above: improvised connector
CC-1 manual: “This is a Jaeger 19 pin female connector used to connect stepping motors and Klinger's micropositioning stages to the CC-1 controller.”
2018-08-15:
To remove the shaft coupler: remove the set screw at the bottom of the stage. Then rotate shaft until the second set screw lines up with the just opened hole
Unit | Travel (mm) | Motor | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 50 | UE-30PP | pr0nscope X, sheared coupler |
2 | 50 | UE-30PP | pr0nscope Y |
3 | 50 | UE-30PP | Broke years ago, threw out |
4 | 50 | UE-30PP | |
5 | 50 | UE-30PP | |
6 | 25 | UE71 | |
7 | 25 | UE71 |
2018-08-19
Unit 4 (UE30-PP variable reluctance) measurements
Unit 6 (UE71 PM) measurements
Questions:
Rorze
11-1 Suitable Motor You can use any HB(hybrid) or PM(permanent magnet) stepping motor with rating of 0.1 to 3A/ph. Select motors with rating of less than supply voltage × 0.7(V).
Highest inductance listed for sample motors is 2.2 mH. If I put the UE71 coils in parallel, 1.5 mH? Seems in the right ballpark anyway
Maybe get some OEM350-RC
UE71