Number 10, March
2012
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What's Here for You:
Vibration
Isolation News is designed to keep our customers
and friends up-to-date on the latest products and applications
facilitating better measurements and improved nanomanufacturing.
We are an OEM supplier to leading manufacturers of scanning
probe microscopes, micro-hardness testers and other sensitive
instruments, and we have users at more than 200 leading
universities and private and government laboratories in
41 countries.
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Minus
K Technology currently builds
vibration
isolators to handle payloads from
3 lbs to 10,000 lbs (per isolator).
When you need the best isolation for your dollar.
Our
patented technology will provide you true 1/2 Hz performance.
Give
us your challenge.
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Featured Product: Large Capacity SM-1 Isolators
Standardized.
We
have now standardized our SM-1 negative-stiffness isolators.
This allows
us to have them availale in three weeks like all our bench top
isolators. Another key benefit is the lowered cost from what
was previous a custom built product.
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This
isolator has the same basic features of our all passive,
negative-stiffness, manually-adjustable bench top isolators.
It offers our very-low frequency isolation performance
for payloads of many thousands of pounds.
The SM-1 negative-stiffness isolator is the basic building
block of the FP-1 Floor Platform and other heavy multiple
isolator systems. They require no air or electricity.
The
SM-1 isolator can be used alone or with any number of
additional units to achieve higher capacity systems. They
can be arranged in many geometrical configurations to
suit your application.
If there is a need, the isolators can be customized to
achieve user specific needs. Eg., different horizontal
and vertical frequencies, dampening, etc. They can also
be made cleanroom and vacuum capatible.
The
SM-1 isolators can also be placed on pedestals to increase
the height of the isolation system.
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Specifications: |
Weight:
Approximately 155 lb (70.3 kg) |
Dimensions: 13" W x 13" D x 20.5" H (330mm
W x 330mm D x 521mm H)
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Load
Capacities (approximate): |
Model |
Payload
Range* |
Price**
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700SM-1 |
110 - 750 lb (50 - 340 kg)
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$10,600
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1200SM-1 |
675 - 1330 lb (315 - 603 kg) |
$10,800
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1500SM-1 |
800 - 1550 lb (363 - 703 kg)
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$11,000
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1900SM-1 |
1200 - 1950 lb (544 - 885
kg) |
$11,200
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2400SM-1 |
1800 - 2500 lb (817 - 1134 kg) |
$11,400
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2900SM-1 |
2400 - 3000 lb (1089 - 1361 kg)
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$11,600
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3400SM-1 |
2800 - 3600 lb (1270 - 1633 kg)
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$11,800
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4000SM-1 |
3400 - 4200 lb (1542 - 1905 kg) |
$12,000
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*Contact Minus K for
custom payload ranges. |
**For International Orders, A Handling Fee of 5%
is Added.
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Performance |
- Vertical
natural frequency of 1/2 Hz or less can be achieved over
the entire load range.
- Horizontal
natural frequency is load dependent. 1/2 Hz or less can
be achieved at or near the nominal load.
- Vertical
frequency is tunable to 0.5 Hz throughout the payload
range.
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https://minusk.com/content/products/standard/sm-1_low_frequency_vibration_isolation_isolators.html
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Vibration
Isolation Floor Platforms
Minus K's FP-1 Negative-Stiffness Vibration Isolation Platform
Supports SEMs, TEMs and Large Metrology Systems
By Jim McMahon
Excerpted from Photonics
Show Dailyt - January 2012
Specifically
designed for SEMs (scanning electron microscopes), TEMs
(transmission electron microscopes) and large metrology
systems, the FP-1 Negative-Stiffness vibration isolation
floor platform from Minus K Technology, Inc. enables low
frequency vibration isolation for weight loads from 500
lbs. to over 12,000 lbs. The FP-1 can achieve natural frequencies
of 0.5 Hz or less, vertical and horizontal.
Negative-Stiffness
isolators provide a unique and completely mechanical concept
in low-frequency vibration isolation for the field of large
load systems. In particular, the transmissibility - the
vibrations that transmit through the isolator - is substantially
improved over other systems, providing better isolation
performance without the need for air or electric power.
Also, substantial isolation can be provided for vibrations
as low as 1 and 2 Hz. Minus K has just announced the standardization
of their Negative-Stiffness SM-1 isolators, thus lowering
the cost of the FP-1 platforms making them more accessible
to universities and laboratories on tight budgets.
Minus K has had very good success with their FP-1 platforms
and SM-1 isolators. One installation of a Negative-Stiffness
FP-1 platform enabled a SEM on a badly vibrating second
floor to go from 100,000 magnification to 500,000 magnification
and revealed components of cotton fibers that could not
be seen previously.
A national laboratory replaced its air isolators with Negative-Stiffness
SM-1 isolators using its existing platform for an electron
microscope. Researchers marveled over being able to get
a high-resolution image and have it remain until the next
day. With actual results like these being reported, Minus
K has seen a dramatic increase in their SEM and TEM inquires.
The full
article can be found at: https://minusk.com/content/in-the-news/PhotonicsShowDaily3_0112.html
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Featured Product: FP-1 Floor Platforms for
SEMS/TEMS
Getting the best images out of your
Scanning or Transmision Electron Microscopes is always
the goal. When there are low frequency vibrations
is can be a overwhelming
challenge.
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The
above images where captured by a Hitachi S-4800 SEM
without and with a Minus K FP-1 Floor Platform
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With
Minus K's standardization of the SM-1 large capacity isolators,
the cost for a low frequency floor platform has been drastically
reduced to less than one half the previous custom price.
For
our international customers that are looking to save even
more, the platform can be made locally with a design
from Minus K purchased along
with the necessary SM-1 isolators(this eliminates the shipping
of the heavy platform).
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Minus
K FP-1 Floor Platforms for various SEMs
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For
more information on Floor Platforms and a pciture of a FP-1
for a JEOL JEM 1400 TEM click the link below:
https://minusk.com/content/products/standard/fp-1_floor_vibration_control_platform_sem_tem_isolation.html
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News:
Minus K Technology Is Veteran Owned and Certified California
Small Business
Minus K
is a Veteran Owned Small Business.and
a certified State of California Small Business. All our products
are proudly made in the USA.
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Veteran Owned Small Business
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Proudly Made in the USA
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California Certified Small Business
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Upcoming Meetings and Webinars:
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Pittcon Conference and
Expo
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Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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March.
11, 2012 -
March. 15, 2012 |
Orlando, FL |
http://www.pittcon.org/ |
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Nanotechnology
Commercialization Conference |
NanoBusiness
Commercialization Association
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Apr.
4, 2012 -
Apr. 5, 2012 |
Durham,
NC |
http://www.nanoevent.org/ |
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Electronics
and Communications. Nanotechnology-2012 |
CJSC
Soud Sochi Exhibitions
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Apr.
25, 2012 -
Apr. 27, 2012 |
Sochi, Russia |
http://www.soud.ru/exhib.en/info.htm?id=329 |
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Spacecraft Technology
Expo
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Visit
Minus K Booth #8026 at this exhibit
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May.
8, 2012 -
May. 10, 2012 |
Los Angeles, CA |
http://www.spacetechexpo.com/ |
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CLEO:2012
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CLEO
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May.
8, 2012 -
May. 10, 2012 |
San Jose, CA |
http://www.cleoconference.org/Program.aspx |
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NSTI NanoTech 2012 |
Visit
Minus K Booth #510 at this exhibit
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June.
18, 2012 -
June. 21, 2012 |
Santa Clara, CA |
http://www.techconnectworld.com/Nanotech2012/ |
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SPIE Optics and Photonics 2012 |
Visit
Minus K Booth #1124 at this exhibit |
Aug.
14, 2012 -
Aug. 16, 2012 |
San Diego, CA
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http://spie.org/x2584.xml |
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Neuroscience 2012
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Visit
Minus K Booth #TBD at this exhibit
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Oct.
13, 2012 -
Oct. 17, 2012 |
New
Orleans, LA |
http://www.sfn.org/am2012/ |
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NANO2012 XI International
Conference on Nanostructured Materials |
International
Committee on Nanostructured Materials |
Aug.
26, 2012 -
Aug. 31, 2012
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Rhodes
Greece |
http://www.nano2012.org/ |
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2012
MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit
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MRS |
Nov.
26, 2012 -
Noc. 30, 2012 |
Boston,
MA |
http://www.mrs.org/fall2012/ |
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Biophysical
Society 57th Annual Meeting 2013
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Visit
Minus K Booth #TBD at this exhibit
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Feb.
2, 2013 -
Feb. 6, 2013 |
Philadelphia, PA |
http://www.biophysics.org/2013meeting/Main/tabid/3523/Default.aspx |
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SPIE
Photonics West 2013
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SPIE |
Feb.
5, 2013 -
Feb. 7, 2013 |
San
Francisco, CA |
http://spie.org/photonics-west.xml |
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Tell us if you have had a great experience with our isolators.
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you. Don't be shy. Share your application with our readers.
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of Interest to You?
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