ALIO Industries News

ALIO Industries’ Ready to Ship (RTS) program delivers measurement-grade monolithic XY stages in weeks, not quarters.

ALIO Industries’ Ready to Ship (RTS) program delivers measurement-grade monolithic XY stages in weeks, not quarters. Featuring sub-micron accuracy, ±30 nm bi-directional repeatability, and a rigid three-plate architecture, RTS stages provide the precision, stability, and rapid availability needed to accelerate builds without compromising metrology-level performance.

ALIO Industries: Precision Granite-Based Motion Platforms engineered for ultra-stable, factory-ready performance

ALIO Industries delivers integrated granite-based XY-Z motion platforms engineered for ultra-stable, factory-ready performance in demanding imaging and processing applications. Combining a monolithic XY stage with a precision Z-lift on a granite base, these systems offer exceptional accuracy, repeatability, and vibration control to protect alignment, image quality, and first-pass yield from day one.

ALIO Industries: Elevate Laser Processing with ALIO’s 6D Point Precision® Motion Control

Modern laser processing machines have transformed industries by enabling the cutting of complex shapes with high precision. However, many of these systems are still limited to two-dimensional (2D) operations, which can restrict their capability and efficiency. This limitation often results in additional steps, increased costs, and potential inaccuracies when dealing with complex geometries. ALIO Industries addressesthese challenges with its advanced 6D Point Precision® motion control solutions, enabling five degrees of freedom (DOF) in laser processing applications and redefining the standards of precision and efficiency.

ALIO Industries’ Angulares™ Hybrid Hexapod® — Stimulating the Future of Precision Engineering

In today’s rapidly advancing technological landscape, industries demand precision engineering that can keep pace with innovation. Enter ALIO Industries’ groundbreaking Angulares™ Hybrid Hexapod®, a pioneering solution that delivers unprecedented levels of control and accuracy for complex applications. With its remarkable 60-degree tip/tilt travel, this patented technology sets a new standard in 6-Degree-of-Freedom (6-DOF) positioners, offering the largest angular range available on the market while maintaining the extraordinary precision that ALIO is renowned for.

ALIO Industries: Redefining Mid-Precision Motion Control

In the ever-evolving landscape of precision engineering, the Micron 2 (µII) Motion Systems from ALIO Industries stand as an exmple of innovation and reliability. Designed to cater to the mid-precision market, these motion systems are not only cost-effective but also offer unparalleled performance, setting them apart from traditional mid-precision stages.

ALIO Industries: Understanding Nanometer Motion Control in Vacuum Environments

Nanometer-level motion control is increasingly crucial across various industries as they demand tighter tolerances for their technological solutions. This necessity spans sectors like fiber optics, biomedical engineering, micromachines, electronics, semiconductors, energy, optics, aerospace, and synchrotrons. ALIO Industries stands out as a global leader in providing nano-precision vacuum stage and robotic systems. They offer an extensive range of ultra-precise and repeatable motion control solutions, all of which, except their air bearing systems, are compatible with vacuum environments. These include linear, rotary, open center X-Y, hexapods, tripods, and goniometer stages. Available in high vacuum (HV, 10-7 TORR) or ultra-high vacuum (UHV, 10-10 TORR), these systems use materials and components specifically prepared and baked to ensure ultra-low outgassing.

ALIO Redefines Precision in Motion for Leading Metrology Applications

ALIO Industries is once again redefining precision in motion control with its latest advancements, addressing the growing needs of the 21st-century metrology sector. As industries push the boundaries of accuracy, ALIO’s innovative motion systems, designed to achieve nanometer-level precision, have become the benchmark for OEMs creating the next generation of 3D metrology tools. With the market’s trajectory aimed at ever-finer measurements, ALIO’s commitment to excellence ensures that metrology tools are not only meeting but setting new standards in a field where precision is paramount.

ALIO Industries Nanometer-Level Motion Control Systems Advance the Art of Micro-Electronic Testing & Assembly

Precision motion control systems play a vital role in ensuring high quality and consistency in micro-electronic assembly and testing, particularly when it comes to accurate and repeatable positioning of test probes. ALIO Industries (an Allied Motion Company) is at the forefront of innovation in this area, and is able to provide motion systems that meet the incredibly exacting requirements that are common-place in such applications.

ALIO Industries: Innovation & Precision In Motion Control – An Interview With Bill Hennessey

ALIO Industries, an Allied Motion company, is a leader in producing high-precision motion control systems with ultra-precise point and path positioning performance that is NIST-traceable. The company’s off-the-shelf and customized motion control solutions are the most precise and repeatable in the world, all backed by the industry’s first 3-year warranty. In this article Bill Hennessey, Founder and President of ALIO Industries gives his views on the ever changing and evolving demand for more and more precise motion control solutions, and discusses his and ALIO’s approach to the creation of technology that stimulates innovation across industry.

ALIO provides a One-Stop-Shop for Motion Control Demands of Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM) is crucial for manufacturers today because it enables the production of highly complex and customized parts that are difficult or impossible to achieve with traditional manufacturing methods. It offers increased design freedom, faster prototyping, reduced material waste, and the ability to create on-demand, decentralized production networks, all of which contribute to enhanced efficiency and competitiveness in the modern manufacturing landscape. AM has long disrupted the prototyping stage of product development, but recent advances in speed of operation, improved materials, and optimization software, now see AM becoming a disruptive force in production scenarios.

ALIO Industries Provides Optimum Motion Control Solutions For Genome Sequencing Applications

Genome sequencing is a powerful tool that can help unlock many secrets about both the natural world and the human body. As the demand for faster, more accurate genome sequencing increases, so does the need for ultra-precise motion control systems which are critical for ensuring that the sequencing process is as efficient and accurate as possible.

ALIO provides optimal Motion Control Solutions for the dynamic Digital Pathology Sector

Digital pathology instruments are important tools in modern medicine, allowing for the digitization of slides and images, which can be stored, shared, and analyzed more easily than with traditional microscopes.

ALIO overcomes Limitations of Legacy Motion Control Systems for Laser Inscription and Marking Applications

Laser inscription is a rapidly growing field and an important component of many industrial production processes. In order to achieve the most precise results, repeatably precise motion control systems are essential. ALIO Industries systems provide the exact positioning accuracy and speed needed to keep up with the demands of high-volume and high-precision laser inscription applications. However, not all motion control systems are created equal.

ALIO Industries Product Configurator: Find each individual product for your motion control needs

ALIO Industries have launched a convenient online Product Configurator. Here you can find each individual product which ALIO manufactures for your motion control needs. Filter your results and find the perfect solution for your application.

ALIO Industries brands indicate imperatives in nano-meter level motion control

ALIO Industries provides optimal motion control solutions for its customers by constantly focussing on nanometer-level precision and repeatability. There is much debate about the validity of claims made in the area of motion control when it comes to extreme accuracy, and the differences between claims of nanometer-level precision and repeatability and its actual attainment are a hot topic today. Read more...

ALIO Industries continues to advocate 6-D point repeatability

Leading nanometer-level motion control technology innovator — ALIO Industries — is continuing to advocate the examination of the impact of 6D repeatability testing and performance on single and multi-axis motion control systems. Advancements in manufacturing processes and metrology sensors along with the continuing demand from industry to create innovative technologies and products is driving a greater need for motion systems that are both highly accurate and repeatable at the nanometer level. Read more...

ALIO Industries: High Performance Planar Processing

6-D Laser LLC is an affiliate of leading nanometer-level motion control specialist ALIO Industries, its mission being the integration of ultrafast laser processing with precision multi-axis motion systems. Read more...

ALIO Introduces the Angulares Hybrid Hexapod: the most angular travel range available from any 6-Degree-Of-Freedom (6-DOF) positioner on the market

ALIO introduces asymmetric XY-stages with nanometer-level precision

ALIO Industries is synonymous with best-in-class nanometer-level motion control solutions, and is well known as the only motion control technology supplier that offers true nanometer-level accuracy and repeatability.

Back in 2001, ALIO started by creating solutions to meet demand from U.S. based technology providers and manufacturers for nano-precision robotics. From that day to this the company has consistently pushed the boundaries in the achievement of ultimate precision in motion control. Read more...

ALIO Industries New HH-30D Hybrid Hexapod: The World’s First and Only 6 Degree-of-Freedom Nano-Positioner with +/- 30 Degrees Tip and Tilt Travel

At the recent Photonics West show, San Francisco, CA, USA,  ALIOIndustries releasedthe all new HH-30D Hybrid Hexapod® — the industry’s only 6-Degree-Of-Freedom (6-DOF) nano positioning device with +/-30 degrees tip and tilt travel. 

The Hybrid Hexapod® was developed by ALIO Industries to address the inherent performance limitations of conventional hexapods. ALIO’s Patented 6-Degree-Of-Freedom (6-DOF) design seamlessly blends and takes advantage of the strengths of serial and parallel kinematic structures while avoiding their weaknesses. Read more...

ALIO Industries launch 6-D Laser with mission of integrating ultrafast laser processing with precision multi-axis motion systems

6-D Laser LLC was formed in 2018 as an affiliate of leading nanometer-level motion control specialist ALIO Industries, with the mission of integrating ultrafast laser processing with precision multi-axis motion systems. 6-D Laser offers Hybrid Hexapod-based laser micromachining systems for wide-range taper angle control, 5-Axis Laser Gimbal-based systems for laser processing 3D substrates, and unlimited field of view scanning solutions for laser processing large-format substrates. Read more...

ALIO Industries: Wide-Range Taper Angle Control in Ultrafast Laser Micromachining

6-D Laser, LLC (a member of ALIO Industries’ motion control and micromachining family of companies) has developed an integrated ultrafast laser micromachining system that combines high-speed galvo scanning with the novel positioning capabilities of ALIO’s Hybrid Hexapod^®. Read more...

ALIO Industries: Hybrid Hexapod® - A Game-Changer in the Field of Motion Control

ALIO Industries  Hybrid Hexapod has been featured in a recent issue of Commercial Micro Manufacturing magazine. Read more...