MacroNano system offers sub-micron performance

In recent tests by the world-renowned Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen, Germany in ultraprecision machining of workpieces, initial measurements showed repeatability and system accuracy ‘well below 1 micron’. The best observed values were as low as 0.1micron. MacroNano chucks lock in the pallets carrying the workpieces on to the machine table and the workpiece is transferred from one production process to another on the pallet – thus the sub-micron accuracy levels are maintained. This mechanical interface between machine table, workpiece, machine spindle and tool is constant whether milling, grinding, turning or in an EDM machine.