1. Project start

Duration approximately 4 weeks

Tip: Please use our non-binding "Project Start" (download pdf) technical questionnaire to supply us with all the important information about your planned application. This will make it much easier for us to give you our full support in the realisation of your project.

Requirements profile:

• Information about movement sequence

• Environmental conditions (temperature, pressure [vacuum], clean-room requirements)

• Accuracy requirements: repeatability, transmission accuracy, etc.

• Speed requirements: the maximum/minimum available actuation time, output side speed, speed over time, synchronisation

• Torque/actuation force: nominal load, peak load

• Quantities for prototype/series

Micromotion GmbH will be happy to provide you with informational material about implemented solutions for similar situations.

2. Definition of interfaces

Duration approximately 2 weeks

• Define system limits and delivery requirements as well as system protection measures against incorrect operation

• Define structural interfaces (type of fixation, drill pattern, mounting surfaces)

• Establish electrical interfaces (cable, connector)

• Other interfaces such as vacuum and liquid connections

3. Structural design proposal

Duration approximately 2 weeks

• Proposed system design

• Design proposal for the various interfaces (mechanical, electrical, media, tools)

• Achievable technical data for design proposal (actuation times, vacuum levels, repeatability accuracy)

• Special measures: e.g. materials, coatings, lubricants, seals

• Proposal for prototypes and series

4. Requirements specification and optimised design

Duration approximately 8 weeks

• Agreement technical specifications and design

• Establishment of technical and economic details

• Order of prototypes

5. Prototype set up and realisation

Duration approximately 2 weeks

• Individual part drawings

• Manufacture/order individual parts

• Assembly of prototypes

• Commissioning

6. Test and verification of parameters

Duration approximately 2 weeks

• Test of parameters specified in the technical specification

• Evaluate maximum achievable parameters

• Create acceptance protocol

7. Commissioning

Duration approximately 1 week

• Delivery of prototypes

• Installation of system by the customer

• Commissioning by the customer

• Customer tests

• Verification of parameters

8. Optimisation

Duration approximately 4 weeks

• Accommodate further boundary conditions

• Optimisation of individual parameters