Precitech, a global manufacturer of innovative ultra precision machining solutions, announces PEPS II-VX, a digital non-contacting, height control and active vibration cancellation system, as a retrofit on installed machines and as an option on all new machines.
PEPS® II-VX, ideally suited for ultra precision machining, was jointly developed by Precitech and the vibration experts at TMC. PEPS® II-VX works with the existing pneumatic vibration isolation system eliminating the mechanical height control valve and height sensing linkage. The result is a first-of-its-kind active on-machine vibration isolation and precision leveling system.
All vibration isolators have a first fundamental resonant frequency. Isolators actually amplify instead of attenuate vibrations that are near to this frequency. The lower the value for this resonant frequency generally the better the isolator. TMC MaxDamp isolators are excellent in this regard with a resonant frequency of < 2 Hz. PEPS II-VX provides the first low cost solution for this universal condition by providing active vibration cancellation in the critical frequency range of 1.4 to 5 Hz.
Precitech is a global manufacturer of innovative ultra precision machining solutions. It designs and manufactures machine tools for turning, milling, and grinding. Its precision machines produce rotationally symmetric, asymmetric, freeform and sculpted geometries, achieving form tolerances in the sub-micron range and nanometer surface finishes when equipped with diamond tooling.
Precitech is a unit of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies, a division of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with 2014 sales of $4.0 billion.
For more information about Precitech’s line of ultra precision machining systems, contact Precitech, 44 Blackbrook Road, Keene, NH 03431, USA. Tel: (603) 357-2511. Fax: (603) 358-6174. E-mail: mike.tanniru@ametek.com, Web site: www.precitech.com.
Digital non-contacting, height control and
active vibration cancellation system