Abstract:
The invention relates to a system for displacing an object supported on a carriage sliding above a bench, in such manner as to follow accurately a rectilinear trajectory. The lateral and rotational deviations of the object from the ideal trajectory are sensed by means of interferometer optical means which control a plurality of electromechanical transducers for cancelling out said deviations.
Abstract:
A system of piezoelectric wedges having high accurate and stable characteristics, which system can readily be introduced into a mechanical assembly, is provided. To this end, a stack of piezoelectric ceramic discs is surrounded by a steel component of suitable elasticity, exhibiting two terminal blocks and two thin drilled out lateral cheeks. The stack is prestressed by the action of a screw which moves two spacers towards each other, repelling a chamfered end piece at the same time. The application of a positive or negative direct voltage to the piezoelectric discs results in an extension or shortening of proportional magnitude, along the axis of the component.
Abstract:
A device makes it possible to position in the evacuated enclosure of an irradiation apparatus, (an electron beam apparatus for instance), with an accuracy of the order of 1/100 mm a sample holder on a cross-slide table, without having to break the vacuum and by using a remote-control arrangement. In this device, an arm is movable along a fixed axis. This arm terminates in a fork and serves to transfer the object holder from a lateral airlock to said table. A shaft perpendicular to the moving arm, through the medium of an eccentric finger ensures the locking of the object holder to a ''''line-point-area'''' kind of support carried by said table.