Screw Stages

Ibex Engineering Linear screw stages

There a many benefits that screw stages can add to any project.  To help qualify their use some of the benefits and drawbacks are listed below

Benefits: 

• Cost – applications using lead or acme screws
• Thrust capabilities – tremendous mechanical advantage
• Simple to setup
• Good for vertical applications
• Easy to add external brake or encoder
• Repeatability – Sufficient for many applications

Drawbacks: 

• Restricted Speed
• Larger envelope needed for motor mount
• Cost – Precision screws approach the price of Linear servo stages
• Positional accuracy
  • Lead error
  • Bearing supports
  • Coupler windup
• Repeatability – can be affected by nuts without any anti-backlash characteristics

 Whether it be cost cutting, type of control or the replacement of an existing platform. Ibex’s has the experience and unique ability to produce non-standard custom screw based positioning solutions to meet any application requirement.  We also manufacture standard high precision configurable screw platforms as well.  

 Below are a small sample of single axis and multi-axis compounded screw stages highlighting some of our capabilities. At Ibex the possibilities and varieties are endless.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Please contact us for any of your application needs