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  • Created in 2001 by Olivier Lapierre and Thierry Roux, two former engineers of LNE, the French national laboratory of metrology, SYMETRIE is one of the world’s leading providers of hexapod solutions for positioning and motion applications.

    Our design and research office produces high-tech positioning and movement systems. Our skills combined with a strong cooperation with our customers throughout the projects allow us to provide solutions adapted to their needs, as soon as possible.

    Our systems are designed to meet the most demanding criteria of industrialists and research laboratories.
Product Portfolio
  • POSITIONING HEXAPODS

  • Discover our wide range of precision positioning hexapods for loads from a few grams to several tons and resolutions from 10 nm to a few tenths of a micron!
      • NANOPOS

      • PIEZO HEXAPOD WITH NANOMETER RESOLUTION
        NanoPos is a miniature hexapod of 68 mm height for positioning and adjustment of precision components in 6 degrees of freedom with a 10 nm resolution.

        NanoPos hexapod comes with outstanding characteristics for its small size thanks to the integration of extremely compact piezo stages, high-quality joints, and low friction mechanical parts.

        Its closed cloop control with linear optical encoders enables it to reach the highest precision performances.

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 5 mm / ± 10 °
        RESOLUTION
        10 nm / 1 µrad
        REPEATABILITY
        ± 38 nm / ± 1 µrad
        PAYLOAD
        500g

        OPTIONS
        • Customized platform design
        • Larger travel range
        • Scalable size
        • Vacuum compatibility
        • Non magnetic
      • MAUKA

      • PRECISION IN A SMALL DIAMETER
        MAUKA is a compact hexapod designed to position up to 5 kg payloads with a submicrometer resolution.

        MAUKA hexapod offers travel ranges of 10 mm in X and Y, 20 mm in Z, and 16° in the three rotations. Its diameter is 107 mm and it is 198 mm height in mid position.

        To minimize the diameter, we used a hexaglide geometry, where motors are mounted in line.

        MAUKA hexapod operates in any direction: vertically, horizontally, or in any other angle. It is irreversible, even after a power failure.

        Thanks to its absolute linear encoders, it is not necessary to carry out a homing command each time the controller is turned back on, the hexapod position is immediately known, without having to make any hexapod movement.

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 10 mm / ± 8°
        RESOLUTION 0.5 µm
        REPEATABILITY
        ± 0.5 µm
        PAYLOAD 5 kg


        OPTIONS
        • Clean room compatibility
        • Vacuum compatibility
        • Customized platform design
        • Outdoor use
        • Scalable size
      • BORA

      • MINIATURE HEXAPOD FOR HIGH ACCURACY POSITIONING
        BORA hexapod is a compact 6DOF parallel kinematics system for the positioning and adjustment of precision elements with a resolution of 0.1 µm.

        BORA hexapod meets the most demanding criteria of the optics and nanotechnologies in terms of resolution, accuracy, stability, and size.

        Its dimensions allow integration in a small environment, for instance at the tip of a goniometer for an application on a synchrotron beamline, or on an optical ground support equipment to align and calibrate space optics.

        BORA hexapod can be used in any orientation: vertical, horizontal, upside down…

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 20 mm / ± 15 °

        RESOLUTION 0.1 µm / 2 µrad

        REPEATABILITY ± 0.4 µm / ± 3.2 µrad

        PAYLOAD 10 kg

        OPTIONS
        • Clean room compatibility
        • Low temperature compatibility down to -40°C
        • Vacuum compatibility
      • PUNA

      • PUNA is a simple hexapod meeting precision positioning applications in research or industry with an optimized budget.


        Indeed PUNA hexapod can meet limited budgets while offering a resolution of 0.5 µm in translation and 5 µrad (0.0003 °) in rotation for a payload capacity of 25 kg.

        To simplify the design, the motor is mounted in line and incorporates an incremental rotary encoder.

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 30 mm / ± 20 °

        RESOLUTION 0.5 µm / 5 µrad

        REPEATABILITY ± 0.75 µm / ± 3.2 µrad

        PAYLOAD 25 kg

        OPTIONS
        • Clean room
      • BREVA

      • HIGH ACCURACY ADJUSTMENT HEXAPOD
        BREVA hexapod has been specially designed to provide high angular accuracy. It allows angular positioning of objects like samples, probes or sensors with a resolution of 0.5 µm or 2.5 µrad.

        It comes in 3 different versions depending on its motorization: DC, stepper or brushless motors.

        BREVA hexapod can be used in any orientation: vertical, horizontal, upside down…

        LINEAR TRAVEL RANGE ± 75 mm

        RESOLUTION 0.5 µm

        REPEATABILITY ± 0.5 µm / ± 2.5 µrad

        OPTIONS
        • Absolute encoders
        • Clean room compatibility
        • Vacuum compatibility
        • Customized platform design
      • ZONDA

      • HIGH ACCURACY AND HEAVY PAYLOAD
        ZONDA hexapod is a new high-performance 6DOF system meeting applications requiring both high precision, stability, accuracy, heavy load and large travels.

        Designed to position up to 400 kg payload with a resolution of 0.1 µm only, ZONDA hexapod offers great travel with 400 mm in XY, 300 mm in Z, and 40 ° in the three rotations Rx, Ry and Rz.

        ZONDA hexapod has unmatched accuracy and thermal stability characteristics thanks to the integrating Invar components with a very low CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion), linear absolute encoders integrated as a standard in the actuators and the design of particularly rigid joints.

        ZONDA hexapod can be used in any orientation: vertical, horizontal, upside down…

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 200 mm
        RESOLUTION 0.1 µm
        REPEATABILITY
        ± 0.25 µm / ± 1 µrad
        PAYLOAD 400 kg

        OPTIONS

        • Clean room compatibility
        • Vacuum compatibility
        • Customized platform design
        • DC or Brushless motor
      • SIRIUS

      • HIGH PRECISION HEXAPOD WITH LARGE TRAVEL RANGE
        SIRIUS is a high precision positioning hexapod. It allows the adjustment of 200 kg objects with high resolution. SIRIUS hexapod meets the highest standards during testing and adjustments phases for aeronautics, optics or space.

        SIRIUS hexapod can be used in any orientation: vertical, horizontal, upside down…

        LINEAR TRAVEL RANGE ± 100 mm
        RESOLUTION
        0.1 µm to 0.5 µm
        REPEATABILITY
        ± 6 µm
        PAYLOAD 200 kg

        OPTIONS
        • Clean room compatibility
        • Vacuum compatibility
        • Customized platform design
      • KUBAN

      • PRECISION POSITIONING HEXAPOD WITH HIGH STABILITY
        Kuban hexapod is a very stable 6DOF system designed to position elements in space with high precision and with a resolution of 1.5 µrad.

        The configuration and the integration of high resolution actuators and high precision spherical joints enable KUBAN hexapod to achieve high performances of resolution and repeatability with up to 500 kg payloads.

        For this hexapod, the actuators are the same as those used for JORAN hexapod, but with a more compact configuration.

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 25 mm / ± 3 mm
        RESOLUTION 0,2 µm / 1,5 µrad
        REPEATABILITY ± 0,5 µm / ± 2,5 µrad
        PAYLOAD 500 kg

        OPTIONS
        • Customized platform design
        • Absolute encoders
        • Adjustable height
        • Inclination limit switch
      • JORAN

      • PRECISION POSITIONING HEXAPOD WITH HIGH STABILITY
        JORAN hexapod is a high precision system designed to position and adjust elements with a 0.5 µrad angular resolution.

        The conception of JORAN, particularly of its actuators, spherical joints and natural granite platforms, ensures great stability and guarantees the positioning quality over time.

        Ceramic spherical joints can be replaced by universal joints if the angular travel range is too large or if external forces are too big.

        Developed in collaboration with the European Synchrotron ESRF, it is ideal to support mirrors or vacuum chambers on synchrotrons beamlines.

        Granite platforms can be replaced by steel platforms if preferred.

        TRAVEL RANGE ± 65 mm / ± 3 °
        RESOLUTION 0.1 µm
        REPEATABILITY ± 0.25 µm
        PAYLOAD 1500 kg

        OPTIONS
        • Customized platform design
        • Absolute encoders
        • Adjustable height
        • Heavier payload
      • SURES

      • HIGH ACCURACY POSITIONING HEXAPOD
        SURES hexapod is a very high accurate and stiff positioning system. It allows the adjustment and the set up of objects of up to 500 kg with high resolution and low cross-coupling (parasitic motions).

        SURES hexapod is particularly adapted to the fields of space observation, astronomy and telescopes. For example it can align M2 and M3 mirrors on ground-based telescopes to realign them correctly to compensate the deformation of the structure due to gravity changes and temperature variations during the night.

        The mechanics and electronic components of SURES hexapod are designed to work in cold environment as most of ground-based telescopes are installed on top of mountains in high altitude.
        • M2 or M3 optical telescope mirror positioning
        • Positioning of radio telescope sub-reflector
        • Optical adjustment

        LINEAR TRAVEL RANGE ± 12 mm
        RESOLUTION
        0.1 µm
        REPEATABILITY
        ± 0.25 µm
        PAYLOAD
        500 kg

        OPTIONS
        • Customized platform design
        • Modular external diameter
      • CONTROLLER

      • A HIGH PERFORMANCE CONTROL CENTER
        Controlling a parallel kinematics mechanism such as a hexapod requires fast and numerous calculations to transform the position instructions into motor current set points while permanently securing the motions.

        For this all our hexapods come with a high performance control rack interacting with either our Graphical User Interface (GUI) or optionally directly with your software environment through an Application Programming Interface (API).

        A COMPLETE AND FLEXIBLE SOLUTION Our racks are made with:
        • a powerful multi-axis Delta Tau industrial controller
        • drivers sized to meet the needs of each application
        • input-output modules allowing various interactions with the hexapod environment.

        Our robust and flexible controller solutions can be adapted to different types of motors (DC, brushless, stepper, piezo) coupled to various encoders technologies (absolute, incremental, linear, rotary).
    • MOTION HEXAPODS

    • Symétrie has developed a range of dynamic motion hexapods intended for applications such as swell simulator, test and research facilities.
        • NOTUS

        • A DYNAMIC AND COMPACT HEXAPOD
          Notus hexapod is a compact and structurally robust motion generator. It is also more affordable than larger hexapods.

          Notus P has a payload capacity of 200 kg (P for payload).

          Notus V hexapod is a faster version (V for velocity) with a payload capacity limited to 100 kg. Speeds are given in the datasheet.

          These hexapods are ideal for research laboratories or for applications in medical (neurology, kinesiology), naval (swell simulation, sloshing, wave basins), aerospace, automotive (sensors for autonomous vehicles, AdBlue tanks testing) or optronics (stabilization of electro-optics systems testing) fields.

          PAYLOAD CAPACITY 100 kg (NOTUS V) or 200 kg (NOTUS P) ACCELERATION 1 g MAXIMUM SPEED 1.2 m/s SIZE IN MID POSITION 1.1 m

          OPTIONS
          • IP 64 motor protection
          • Acquisition and storage of motions
          • API
          • Customized platform design
        • MISTRAL

        • FOR MOTION SIMULATION
          Mistral hexapod is a dynamic system providing 6 degrees of freedom (6 DOF).

          With efficient mechanical components, Mistral hexapod allows motion generation for up to 1 ton loads with important linear and angular travel ranges (up to ±460 mm in linear travel and ±40° in angular travel).

          This hexapod was first designed to realize a heave motion to test boat hulls.

          Mistral hexapod can also reproduce the trajectories of land, naval, or air vehicles and thus allows lab testing of sensors, SATCOM antennas, electro-optics systems… that will then be put onboard.

          PAYLOAD CAPACITY 1 t
          ACCELERATION
          1 g
          MAXIMUM SPEED
          1 m/s (2 m/s in option)
          ACCURACY
          0.5 mm

          OPTIONS
          • IP 64 motor protection
          • Acquisition and storage of motions
          • API
          • Customized platform design
        • SIROCCO

        • HIGH VELOCITY HEXAPOD
          The SIROCCO hexapod makes it possible to reproduce movements with a load of up to 2 tonnes.

          This hexapod can be used to study the movements of liquids, set in motion models or simulate a vehicle.

          This solution can integrate a measurement system with 6 degrees of freedom dissociated from the movement generator making it possible to control the position of the movable table in real time.

          MAX PAYLOAD 2 tons
          ACCELERATION
          6000 mm/s²
          MAX SPEED
          2500 mm/s
          SIZE IN MID POSITION
          2.8 m

          OPTIONS
          • IP 64 motor protection
          • Acquisition and storage of motions
          • API
          • Customized platform design
        • AQUILON

        • A POWERFUL HEXAPOD
          AQUILON hexapod is the most powerful hexapod of our range. It provides motion for a 6 ton-payload in the 6 degrees of freedom.

          Versions with a higher payload capacity can be realized if needed.

          AQUILON is mostly used for swell simulation, sloshing and defense (turret tests) applications.

          PAYLOAD CAPACITY 6 tons
          ACCELERATION 7 m/s²
          MAXIMUM SPEED 1.8 m/s
          SIZE IN MID POSITION 3.5 m

          OPTIONS
          • IP 64 motor protection
          • ATEX compatibility
          • Acquisition and storage of motions
          • API
          • Customized platform design
      • SOFTWARE SERVICE

          • POSITIONING SOFTWARE

          • HELP FOR HEXAPOD CONTROL
            Thanks to an ergonomic Human Machine Interface (HMI), SYM_Positioning hexapod positioning and control software offers simple commands from the home screen, but also generations of movements using specific files. In addition, the center of rotation can be easily changed in the software.

            SYM_POSITIONING ALLOWS:
            • Safe movement control
            • Position display in real time
            • Generate position sequences
            • The configuration of the center of rotation
            • Configure repositories (coordinate systems)
            • Configuration of limits (position, speed …)
            • API (Application Programming Interface)
            • To be interfaced in C, LabVIEW, EPICS, SPEC, TANGO, Python, Matlab …
            CUSTOMIZATION
            Symétrie has the knowledge and solid experience in software development, which means that we can tailor our software to your specific needs.
          • HEXASYM SIMULATOR

          • HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR HEXAPOD?
            Thanks to this free simulation software, it will be very easy for you to check the possible travels and load capacities of each hexapod in our range. HexaSym will allow you to select the most suitable product for your application and to test a variety of possible configurations with it.

            TESTING SEVERAL PARAMETERS
            With HexaSym simulator, you can test cumulative travel ranges on several axes simultaneously, including the “worst cases” of your applications. It is also possible to change the center of rotation, to define different reference frames, to vary the orientation of the hexapod (vertical, horizontal, other) and the payload.
            HexaSym also includes a 3D visualization that will enable you to see how the hexapod moves according to the commanded positions, as well as sliders allowing you to control movements more immediately.

            AND FOR SPECIFIC HEXAPODS
            It will also be possible to use HexaSym for our specific hexapods, for which we will provide you with a configuration file compatible with the simulator.
          • MOTION SOFTWARE

          • SIMPLE SOFTWARE FOR A COMPLEX MACHINE
            The SYM_Motion movement software allows you to control the movements of a dynamic hexapod on the basis of complex algorithms. It transforms the movements desired in the 6 degrees of freedom into useful information for each of the motors.

            The software is simple and ergonomic so that operators can easily use the system.

            SYM_MOTION ALLOWS:
            • Position display in real time
            • Position the hexapod
            • The generation of sinusoidal and harmonic trajectories
            • To reproduce trajectories from recordings
            • The configuration of the center of rotation
            • Validate the trajectories in complete safety for the hexapod and its loading

            OPTIONS:
            • Acquisition: the possibility of retrieving the position of the hexapod from information from the absolute encoders of the motors, in real time or in post-processing
            • ERTT: External Real Time Trajectory, to control the hexapod in real time, for example via a joystick (ERTT requires the API option)
            • API: the possibility of going through a software interface other than SYM_Motion to control the hexapod
            • Other specifications on request
        • APPLICATIONS

        • OUR EXPERIENCE AT YOUR SERVICE
          Specialists in hexapod technologies, Symétrie studies with you the solution that best meets your needs, whatever your sector of activity:
            • ASTRONOMY

            • For astronomy, the hexapod is mainly used as a secondary mirror positioner on ground-based radio and optical telescopes.
              It realigns the secondary mirror with respect to the primary mirror in order to compensate thermoelastic and gravity deformations during observations.
              The hexapod can also be used to position a telescope instrument or to calibrate a mirror during the manufacturing phase.
                • M2 OPTICAL TELESCOPE

                • CUSTOMER DEMAND
                  AMOS chooses SYMETRIE to provide a hexapod system to support and adjust the secondary mirror (M2) of the ARIES telescope.

                  Since then, AMOS and other manufacturers and institutes use SYMETRIE hexapods on ground-based optical and radio telescopes: OAJ T250 in Spain, Pan-STARRS-2 in Hawaii, LMT/GTM in Mexico, DAG in Turkey, Mount Abu in India, NOEMA in France.

                  PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

                  • 0.5 µm positioning accuracy
                  • Load capacity: 350 kg
                  • High altitude and outdoor compatibility

                  PROJECT BACKGROUND
                  AMOS, ADVANCED MECHANICAL AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS, THE EUROPEAN LEADER IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE TELESCOPES, HAD TO PROVIDE A 3.6M DIAMETER TELESCOPE TO THE INDIAN INSTITUTE ARIES (ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES) .

                  THE TELESCOPE, WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN NAINITAL IN INDIA, WILL BE THE LARGEST OPTICAL CENTRE OF THE COUNTRY.

                  THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO ALLOW THE TELESCOPE TO CARRY OUT FIRST LINE RESEARCHES IN THE FIELDS OF ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES.
                • M2 RADIO TELESCOPE

                • NAOE DEMAND
                  The Mexican institute INAOE chose Symétrie to provide a hexapod system to support and adjust the subreflector (M2) of the LMT/GTM telescope on top of the Sierra Negra at 4600 m altitude. LMT/GTM is the world’s largest single-dish millimeter-wavelength telescope (50 meters diameter) and is operated by INAOE and the University of Massachusetts.

                  INAOE PROJECT SPECIFICITIES
                  • Resolution: 0.5 µm arcsec
                  • Payload: 350 kg, including the ice weight ant the wind effect
                  • Cables length: 100 meters

                  IRAM DEMAND
                  IRAM, the French-German-Spanish institute for radio astronomy selected Symétrie to supply 12 hexapods for the support and alignment of the subreflectors of the 12 antennas of NOEMA radio telescope in the French Alps.

                  IRAM PROJECT SPECIFICITIES
                  • Absolute accuracy: 5 arcsec
                  • Payload: 70 kg
                  • Very light carbon fiber platforms
                  • Mass: 53 kg

                  PROJECTS BACKGROUNDS
                  WHILE OPTICAL TELESCOPES WORK WITH VISIBLE AND SOMETIMES INFRARED WAVELENGTHS, RADIO TELESCOPES WORK WITH RADIO WAVELENGTHS.

                  WHEREAS OPTICAL TELESCOPES HAVE SECONDARY MIRRORS, RADIO TELESCOPES HAVE SUBREFLECTORS, THAT SEND THE RADIO WAVES COLLECTED BY THE PRIMARY REFLECTOR TOWARDS THE DETECTOR, WHICH WILL GATHER IMAGES FROM THE STARS, BLACK HOLES, PLANETS…

                  RADIO TELESCOPES USUALLY HAVE A LARGER DIAMETER THAN OPTICAL TELESCOPES.
              • AUTOMOTIVE

              • n the automotive industry, the hexapod simulates the movements of a vehicle to test various on-board sensors or engine lift-off for example. It can also be used as a driving simulator to train pilots.
                    • ENGINE TEST BENCH

                    • CUSTOMER DEMAND
                      D2T company has been chosen by PSA to realize this engine test bench system. D2T found that the hexapod technology could easily answer to the technical specifications of its customer.

                      The hexapod technology has been chosen because it allows full integration under the bench with free space between operators and engine system. The hexapod cables do not interfere with the payload and the engine cables can be routed in the middle of the hexapod.

                      PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                      • Payload: 500 kg
                      • Angle: ± 51°
                      • Resolution: 0.5 mm

                      CUSTOMER CONTEXT
                      THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR ARE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING, AS THEY SEEK TO IMPROVE THEIR WORK PROCESSES, DEVELOP AND PRODUCE CARS FASTER, CLEANER AND SAFER.

                      IN THIS UNIVERSE OF ACCELERATING INNOVATION AND NEW MODELS, PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN REQUESTED AN ENGINE TEST BENCH TO DEVELOP AND CONTROL ENGINES DURING R&D PROCESS.
                • DEFENSE

                • In defense, hexapods are mainly used to test instruments that will be carried on land, naval or air vehicles. These instruments can be: SATCOM antennas, electro-optics systems for gyro stabilization, inertial measurement units, turrets …
                  They also enable to precisely assemble components.
                    • MOTION SENSOR TESTING

                    • TWO HEXAPODS INSIDE THE SYSTEM
                      This installation consists of high dynamic motions hexapod which includes a measurement octopod. The measurement system measures in real time the motions realized by the motion hexapod.
                      This specific architecture allows live control and qualification of motion sensor. Experience are far more efficient thanks to the leak of delay.

                      PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                      • Closed-loop on inertial sensor feedback
                      • Hexapod embedded inside military testing truck

                      PROJECT BACKGROUND
                      SYMETRIE CREATED THIS HEXAPOD FOR A CUSTOMER WHO IS A SUPPLIER OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR DEFENCE SYSTEMS.

                      SYMETRIE DEVELOPPED THIS HEXAPOD TO CONTROL AND QUALIFY HIGH ACCURACY MOTION SENSORS: INERTIAL MOTION UNITS.
                    • SATCOM ANTENNA TESTING

                    • hese hexapods are used by R&D services working in SATCOM antennas to test the stabilization performances of the motorized system of the antennas.

                      These systems are later installed on boats, trucks or any other kind of vehicles, so the motorized systems need to be adjusted in order to enable the highest communication performances between the antenna and the satellite.

                      OUR EXPERIENCE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS
                      SYMETRIE realized a wide range of swell simulators using hexapod technology. Thanks to our metrology background, the choice of this technology is even more important that it allows very real simulation with accurate trajectories.

                      Our range of products can be easily adapted to your special needs regarding speed, actuator travel range and payload.

                      Our flexibility allows us special design

                      APPLICATION SPECIFICITIES
                      • Outdoor version in option
                      • C axis (extra rotation platform integrated in the mobile platform to reach ±180° in Rz) in option
                  • ENERGY

                  • Nuclear industry and research use hexapods to position elements with high precision in harsh environments (radiation, vacuum).
                    The oil and gas sectors use dynamic hexapods to simulate the conditions encountered on offshore platforms or on liquefied gas transport boats.
                      • HIGH PAYLOAD POSITIONING

                      • CLIENT REQUEST
                        Alignment of 2-ton slabs with an accuracy of the order of a hundredth of a millimeter.

                        The system must allow the positioning of the tiles automatically and be transportable throughout the building under construction.

                        SPECIFICATIONS

                        • Payload capacity of 2 t
                        • Resolution ± 0.01 mm
                        • Autonomous system, controlled by a single operator
                      • HIGH PAYLOAD ADJUSTMENT WITH HIGH ACCURACY

                      • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                        The Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) needs a high accuracy positioning system to adjust the position of the spherical vacuum chamber after it has been pumped.

                        After alignment the vacuum chamber does not need to be realigned as the stiffness and the stability of the hexapod are excellent.

                        PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                        • High payload adjustment: 17 tons positioning
                        • Resolution: 0.05 mm

                        PROJECT BACKGROUND
                        THE LASER MEGAJOULE PROJECT TAKES PLACE NEAR BORDEAUX, FRANCE. IT WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL BEAM LASER GENERATOR IN THE WORLD. IT WILL ALLOW THE SIMULATION OF NUCLEAR FUSION.
                        AT THE CENTER OF THE SPHERICAL TEST ROOM OF 10 METERS DIAMETER, 240 LASER BEAMS CONVERGE TOWARDS A MICRO-TARGET
                    • MEDICAL

                    • Dynamic hexapods are used in medical research in neuroscience and kinesiology to study brain functioning or walking for example. Positioning hexapods allow a patient to be precisely aligned in front of an X-ray or photon beam to treat a diseased area less invasively than more conventional techniques.
                        • NAVAL

                        • In the naval field tests quickly become complicated (calm or rough sea, humidity, availability of workforce and amenities…).
                          Thanks to their strong reproducibility of sea movements, our hexapods allow these tests to be carried out close to the R&D laboratories and their teams.
                            • SWELL SIMULATOR

                            • OUR EXPERIENCE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS
                              SYMETRIE realizes a wide range of swell simulators using hexapod technology. Thanks to our metrology background, the choice of this technology is even more important that it allows very real simulation with accurate trajectories.

                              Our range of products can be easily adapted to your special needs regarding speed, actuator travel range and payload.

                              APPLICATION SPECIFICITIES
                              • Additional measurement hexapod in option
                              • Outdoor version in option
                              • ATEX certified hexapod in option
                            • WAVE BASIN

                            • The hexapod is attached downwards to a trolley, which moves all along the basin. The mobile platform of the hexapod moves the ship model or any other component to be tested to apply on it the representative forces of those generated by the swell.

                              OUR EXPERIENCE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS
                              Symétrie realizes a wide range of motion generators for wave basins using the hexapod technology. Thanks to our metrology background, the choice of this technology is even more important that it allows very real simulation with accurate trajectories in the 6 degrees of freedom.

                              Our range of products can be easily adapted to your special needs regarding speed, actuator travel range and payload.

                              OPTIONS
                              • Wave basin
                              • Salted water wave basin
                              • Depressurized wave basin

                              PROJECT BACKGROUND
                              THESE HEXAPODS ARE USED BY MARITIME RESEARCH LABORATORIES THAT STUDY THE HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF SWELL, THE PHENOMENA OF SLOSHING OR CAVITATION FOR EXAMPLE. TESTS CARRIED OUT IN A WAVE BASIN ARE USED BY A DIVERSITY OF NAVAL ACTORS AND SEGMENTS, SUCH AS SHIPS AND PROPELLERS DESIGNERS, RENEWABLE MARINE ENERGIES (FLOATING WIND TURBINES) AND OFFSHORE (FLOATING PRODUCTION UNITS, ANCHORED OR ARTICULATED).
                          • OPTICS

                          • For optics, the multiple degrees of freedom and the precision of the hexapods make it possible to align components during assembly or test phases: alignment of lenses before bonding, calibration of mirrors and optical surfaces …
                              • JWST OPTICAL QUALIFICATION BENCH

                              • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                The NASA and the astronomical branch of CEA (the French Atomic Energy Commission) want to test CCD sensors of the optical instrument MIRIM (Mid Infra Red IMager) to guarantee high resolution of the images taken by the telescope.

                                They requested Symétrie’s expertise for the optical qualification bench, that will simultaneously adjust CCD sensor position and light source.

                                PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                • Two positioning systems: a manual one for the cryostat containing the CCD sensor, a BREVA for the optical sourceBreva pour la source optique
                                • High accuracy positioning: 1 µm

                                PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                IN 2021, THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) WILL BE LAUNCHED AND REPLACE HUBBLE. THIS NEXT GENERATION TELESCOPE IS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION LED BY THE AMERICAN NASA, THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ESA AND THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY CSA.

                                MANY INNOVATING TECHNIQUES WILL BE INTEGRATED TO PROVIDE GREAT PICTURES WITH SENSITIVITY 100 TIMES BETTER THAN THE FORMER SPACE TELESCOPES.
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                              • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                Thales Alenia Space has to adjust the secondary mirror during its integration on the satellite using five degrees of freedom (TX, TY, TZ, RX, RY) with high accuracy.

                                Bertin Technologies is responsible for the adjustment bench of the secondary mirror (M2) and selected Symetrie’s technical proposal for the hexapod that will adjust the M2.

                                This solution based on a 3-meter-height hexapod is a technological breakthrough compared to mounting and test equipment used in the space industry.

                                PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                • Environment: high vacuum (10-6 mbar) and class 100 cleanroom
                                • Payload capacity: 250 kg
                                • Resolution: less than 1 µm (linear) and 2 µrad (angular)
                                • Cross-coupling: less than 1 µm and 1 µrad
                                • Thermomechanical stability and rigidity
                            • RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING

                            • Thanks to the flexibility of the six degrees of freedom of the hexapods, these parallel kinematics systems can be used in various fields of research: chemistry, physics … In addition to our standard products, specific hexapods can be developed to precisely meet your needs.
                                • NON-MAGNETIC HEXAPOD

                                • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                  The Quantum Control Laboratory at the University of Sydney wants a non-magnetic hexapod to position an 80 kg vacuum chamber in order to make ion trapping experiments in a 2 Tesla magnet.

                                  PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

                                  • 80 kg payload (self-locking)
                                  • Ultrasonic non-magnetic motors
                                  • Absolute linear encoders

                                  PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                  THE SCHOOL OF PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY IS ONE OF THE LEADING PHYSICS DEPARTMENTS IN AUSTRALIA. THE RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE QUANTUM CONTROL LABORATORY IS FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUANTUM CONTROL AND METROLOGY TECHNIQUES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE ENGINEERING OF NEW QUANTUM-ENABLED TECHNOLOGIES FROM QUANTUM COMPUTATION TO QUANTUM SENSING. THEIR RESEARCH USES SMALL COLLECTIONS OF TRAPPED ATOMIC IONS AS MODEL QUANTUM COHERENT SYSTEMS.
                                • VACUUM POSITIONING

                                • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                  CEA needs a high accuracy positioning system (1 µm resolution) to adjust the micro-target at the centre of the test room and ensures the convergence of the 176 laser beams towards the centre.

                                  PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                  • High accuracy positioning
                                  • Harsh environment positioning: vacuum and radiations
                                  • 1 µm positioning accuracy

                                  PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                  THE MEGAJOULE LASER (LMJ), LOCATED NEAR BORDEAUX IN FRANCE, WILL BE THE MOST ENERGETIC LASER IN THE WORLD AND WILL SIMULATE NUCLEAR FUSION.

                                  AT THE CENTER OF A 10-METER DIAMETER EXPERIENCE, 176 LASER BEAMS WILL CONVERT TO A 2 MM-DIAMETER DEUTERIUM TARGET.
                              • SPACE

                              • Hexapods can be used by space companies and research institutes to accurately test and position satellite antennas, to align and assemble components together, to adjust and calibrate optical benches or to verify the quality of the optical instruments and their subassemblies.
                                  • JWST OPTICAL QUALIFICATION BENCH

                                  • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                    The NASA and the astronomical branch of CEA (the French Atomic Energy Commission) want to test CCD sensors of the optical instrument MIRIM (Mid Infra Red IMager) to guarantee high resolution of the images taken by the telescope.

                                    They requested Symétrie’s expertise for the optical qualification bench, that will simultaneously adjust CCD sensor position and light source.

                                    PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                    • Two positioning systems: a manual one for the cryostat containing the CCD sensor, a BREVA for the optical sourceBreva pour la source optique
                                    • High accuracy positioning: 1 µm

                                    PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                    IN 2021, THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) WILL BE LAUNCHED AND REPLACE HUBBLE. THIS NEXT GENERATION TELESCOPE IS AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION LED BY THE AMERICAN NASA, THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ESA AND THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY CSA.

                                    MANY INNOVATING TECHNIQUES WILL BE INTEGRATED TO PROVIDE GREAT PICTURES WITH SENSITIVITY 100 TIMES BETTER THAN THE FORMER SPACE TELESCOPES.
                                  • MTG OPTICAL CALIBRATION

                                  • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                    To verify the quality of the optical instrument and its subassemblies, TAS needs the best 6 Degrees Of Freedom motion platform to achieve very precise motions with high accuracy, stability and rigidity.

                                    The required travel ranges are large (± 75 mm for translations and ± 4° for rotations) and the pivot point is 450 mm away from the side of the mobile platform but the hexapod should not be too tall for an easier access to the payload by the operator.

                                    The hexapod has to be very accurate and thermally stable, which is difficult because of its tall size. The thermal expansion of the materials is bigger as the actuators are very long.

                                    PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                    • Payload: 500 kg
                                    • Environment: class 100 ISO5 clean room
                                    • Thermal stability in Tx, Ty, Tz: 1 µm/m/°C
                                    • All the metrology chain is in Invar (CTE of 1 µm/m/°C)
                                    • Accuracy of the actuators: ± 1.8 µm over 360 mm travel
                                    • Accuracy of the hexapod: 5 µm over 150 mm travel at the pivot point (450 mm away from the side of the mobile platform)
                                    • High repeatability: 1 µm over the full range (2 sigmas)
                                    • Customized rigid platforms to integrate the optical subassemblies and to minimize the hexapod height to 1050 mm
                                  • VACUUM MIRROR ADJUSTMENT

                                  • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                    Thales Alenia Space has to adjust the secondary mirror during its integration on the satellite using five degrees of freedom (TX, TY, TZ, RX, RY) with high accuracy.

                                    Bertin Technologies is responsible for the adjustment bench of the secondary mirror (M2) and selected Symetrie’s technical proposal for the hexapod that will adjust the M2.

                                    This solution based on a 3-meter-height hexapod is a technological breakthrough compared to mounting and test equipment used in the space industry.

                                    PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                    • Environment: high vacuum (10-6 mbar) and class 100 cleanroom
                                    • Payload capacity: 250 kg
                                    • Resolution: less than 1 µm (linear) and 2 µrad (angular)
                                    • Cross-coupling: less than 1 µm and 1 µrad
                                    • Thermomechanical stability and rigidity

                                    PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                    THE OPTICAL EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES ARE NOW BASED ON MORE AND MORE EFFICIENT COMPONENTS TO OBTAIN HIGHLY ACCURATE IMAGES OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

                                    THALES ALENIA SPACE IS IN CHARGE OF THE HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL INSTRUMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF OBSERVATION SATELLITES.

                                    THALES ALENIA SPACE ENTRUSTED BERTIN TECHNOLOGIES WITH SEVERAL CALIBRATION AND ADJUSTMENT BENCHES.
                                  • SATELLITES ANTENNAS TESTING

                                  • OUR EXPERIENCE AT YOUR SERVICE
                                    Combined with our expertise in metrology, the hexapod technology is appropriate because it allows very precise motions in the 6 degrees of freedom while bringing flexibility of reconfiguration via software.

                                    Our products adapt to your requirements in terms of travel and load to adapt to your specific needs. Contact us!

                                    PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                    • Compatibility with RF environment
                                    • Pivot point configuration in software to test different kind of antennas for various satellites
                                    • Easy preparation of tests in software to adapt to configurations with 1, 2, 3 or 4 antennas
                                    • Sirius hexapod is the most used for this application.
                                    • Breva hexapod can also be used for lighter antennas or RF sources with smaller travel ranges.

                                    PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                    THESE HEXAPODS ARE USED BY THE AIT (ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION AND TESTS) SERVICE OF TELECOMMUNICATION SATELLITE MANUFACTURERS. THEY TEST THE COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE OF ANTENNAS IN THEIR FREQUENCY BANDS IN ANECHOIC CHAMBERS, IN ORDER TO REPRODUCE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT AND EARTH STATIONS.

                                    DURING THE SATELLITE LIFE, ANTENNAS CAN BE RECONFIGURED AND REORIENTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH DIFFERENT STATIONS. AS THE SPACE MECHANISMS USED TO REORIENT THE ANTENNAS CANNOT FUNCTION AT EARTH GRAVITY, THEY ARE REPLACED BY HEXAPODS DURING THE RF TESTS. PREVIOUSLY SATELLITE MANUFACTURERS USED MORE CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS MADE FOR EACH SATELLITE. IN ORDER TO AVOID WASTING TIME AND MONEY DESIGNING AND REALIZING THESE ELEMENTS, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY HEXAPODS, WHICH PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY OF USE AND RECONFIGURATION AS WELL AS MID-TERM SAVINGS.
                                  • OPTICAL INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION

                                  • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                    In order to be able to calibrate different optical components for several projects, Thales Alenia Space needs a flexible hexapod with a high payload capacity.

                                    PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                    • Cleanroom ISO5 compatibility
                                    • Vacuum 10-6 mbar
                                    • Payload 400kg
                                    • Resolution less than 50 nm and high stability

                                    PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                    THALES ALENIA SPACE (TAS) IS ONE OF THE LEADING OPTICAL SPACE INSTRUMENTS MANUFACTURERS IN EUROPE.

                                    A SATELLITE THAT WAS SENT TO SPACE CANNOT BE REPAIRED EASILY IF NEEDED AFTER LAUNCH. THIS IS WHY IT IS CRUCIAL THAT EACH PRODUCT HAS ZERO DEFECTS.
                                • SYNCHROTRON

                                • Symetrie’s precision positioning hexapods are particularly suitable for the specific and demanding needs of synchrotrons.
                                  They make it possible to align various components: samples, mirrors, vacuum chambers, etc. with high resolution, great stability over time and high stiffness.
                                  A high level of customization is possible and the integration of the hexapod control into a third-party software can be done.

                                  Symetrie’s precision positioning hexapods are particularly suitable for the specific and demanding needs of synchrotrons.
                                  They make it possible to align various components: samples, mirrors, vacuum chambers, etc. with high resolution, great stability over time and high stiffness.
                                  A high level of customization is possible and the integration of the hexapod control into a third-party software can be done.

                                    • HEXAPODS FOR SYNCHROTRONS

                                    • AN APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
                                      The precision positioning hexapods of SYMETRIE are particularly adapted for the specific needs of synchrotrons. Precision positioning of miscellaneous components:
                                      • Samples
                                      • Mirrors (including KB mirrors)
                                      • Benders
                                      • Vacuum chambers

                                      With a possibly high level of hexapod customization.

                                      METROLOGICAL PERFORMANCES
                                      • High resolution (MIM: minimum incremental motion)
                                      • High stability
                                      • High stiffness: it is possible to use the hexapod in any orientation (horizontal, vertical, upside down…) thanks to its very stiff design.

                                      SOFTWARE
                                      For nearly 20 years, SYMETRIE has improved its control software and has added features answering customers needs, such as:
                                      • Virtual pivot point configuration
                                      • Use of several coordinate systems (expression of the hexapod motions according to the machine, the sample…)
                                      • Definition of the hexapod workspace
                                      • Safety management
                                      • Hexapod control software easily integrable into a supervision environment such as EPICS, SPEC, or TANGO (partly developed by SOLEIL synchrotron).
                                    • SYNCHROTRON DIFFRACTOMETER

                                    • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                      The joint CEA-CNRS team used a 20 years old diffractometer to study nanostructures on surfaces during their growth. They chose SYMETRIE to provide a more powerful machine. The new diffractometer performs 2 main functions:
                                      • Sample positioning: The sample is adjusted on the beam trajectory and can move around 6 degrees of freedom, thanks to a BREVA hexapod, to adjust the angle of incidence of the beam.
                                      • Detector positioning: To gather the diffracted X-rays characterizing the crystallographic structure of the sample, a detector moves freely on a spherical surface around the sample.

                                      PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                      • Easy access to the UHV chamber
                                      • Arm detector angular speed: 20°/s
                                      • Sphere of confusion sample: 50 µm
                                      • Sphere of confusion detector: 100 µm
                                      • BREVA hexapod resolution: 1 µm, 0.001°

                                      PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                      THE ESRF SYNCHROTRON LEASES THE MOST ADVANCED EQUIPMENT ALLOWING INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS TO PERFORM THEIR ATOMIC SCALE EXPERIMENTS.

                                      THE CRG-IF BM32 BEAMLINE IS SPECIALIZED IN STUDYING INTERFACES AND SURFACES AT AIR OR UNDER ULTRA HIGH VACUUM BY X-RAY SCATTERING TECHNIQUES.

                                      THIS BEAMLINE IS DEDICATED TO A TEAM COMPOSED OF SCIENTISTS FROM THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (CEA) AND THE FRENCH NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CNRS).
                                    • SYNCHROTRON HV DIFFRACTOMETER

                                    • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                      Symetrie is supplying SIRIUS beamline with a high vacuum diffractometer integrating a high precision high vacuum BORA sample positioning hexapod and four Huber high vacuum circles, on top of a bigger customized JORAN alignment hexapod.

                                      PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
                                      • 10-6 mbar high vacuum for BORA sample positioning hexapod and the four circles
                                      • Sample accessibility whereas the 4 circles can rotate on large travel ranges
                                      • HV slip ring for BORA hexapod to facilitate cable management
                                      • BORA hexapod resolution: 0.1 µm, 2 µrad
                                      • Control with TANGO developed in collaboration with SOLEIL synchrotron

                                      PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                      SIRIUS BEAMLINE AT SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL IS SPECIALIZED IN STUDYING SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONAL OXIDES BY MEANS OF TENDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION AND SPECTROSCOPY IN CONVENTIONAL AND GRAZING INCIDENCE CONDITIONS (GIXRD, GI-XAFS, REFLEXAFS, DAFS, ETC.).

                                      TO IMPROVE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND OFFER NEW EXPERIMENTAL CAPABILITIES, SIRIUS BEAMLINE DECIDED TO ACQUIRE A HIGH VACUUM DIFFRACTOMETER WITH THE HELP OF THE SWEDISH RESEARCH COUNCIL (VETENSKAPSRÅDET MAX IV – SOLEIL COLLABORATION) AND THE ILE DE FRANCE REGION (PROJECT “FORTE”, DIM-OXYMORE).
                                  • ENGINEERING

                                  • SYMETRIE REALIZES READY-TO-USE SYSTEMS
                                    From the feasibility study to maintenance, Symetrie uses its skills in calculation, motorization, calibration, and software to provide you solutions adapted to your specific projects requiring knowledge of metrology, positioning, and dynamics.

                                    Based on your specifications, our engineers imagine innovative and price competitive solutions.
                                      • HIGH PRECISION POSITIONING

                                      • FOR HIGH PRECISION POSITIONING
                                        Symetrie designs and manufactures high precision positioning systems with 1 to 6 degrees of freedom.

                                        Our Engineering Department designs customized systems to meet the most specific needs of industrials and research laboratories.

                                        APPLICATIONS
                                        • Positioning systems for light sources
                                        • Test bench positioning
                                        • Production tool positioning
                                        • Tool adjustment
                                          • 5-AXIS GONIOMETER

                                          • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                            The CEA / SOLEIL synchrotron group (MARS beamline) was looking for a system to position a 5kg sample in the synchrotron beamline.

                                            Symétrie offered a “goniometer” type precision positioning system.

                                            This system consists of 5 high-precision axes: 3 linear axes and 2 rotary axes including a continuous rotation.

                                            SPECIFICITIES OF THE PROJECT
                                            • High rigidity, the goniometer tilts around a horizontal axis from 0 to 90°
                                            • Linear accuracy 2 µm
                                            • Peak-to-peak 3D sphere of confusion 20 µm
                                            • High compactness
                                            • Slip ring including 8 contacts for the sample holder

                                            This development has successfully integrated the specific constraints of space, environment and precision. The system is compatible with the standard control electronics used at SOLEIL (ControlBox).

                                            PROJECT CONTEXT
                                            THE SOLEIL SYNCHROTRON LOCATED IN SACLAY IS A THIRD-GENERATION SYNCHROTRON OPTIMIZED IN THE MEDIUM X-RAY RANGE.

                                            THE SYNCHROTRON MARS BEAMLINE IS AIMING TO INCREASE THE POSSIBILITIES OF RESEARCH IN BIOLOGY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY ON RADIOACTIVE MATTER.
                                          • VACUUM 5-AXIS POSITIONER

                                          • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                            The LOA wished to equip its facilities with a system allowing to position a solid target or a gas jet in vacuum with precision in the scope of the project ILE (Extreme Light Institute) – LUIRE (High Recurrence Ultra Intense Laser).

                                            SPECIFICITIES OF THE PROJECT
                                            Symetrie manufactured a high precision (5 µm) vacuum (10-6 mbar) compatible positioner.

                                            This compact serial system achieves travel ranges of 100 mm in a footprint smaller than a 300 mm side cube. It consists of 5 axes: 3 linear axes and 2 rotation axes, including one continuous rotation.

                                            PROJECT CONTEXT
                                            THE LABORATORY OF APPLIED OPTICS (LOA) IS A JOINT RESEARCH UNIT BETWEEN ENSTA – PARIS TECH – CNRS – ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE.

                                            ITS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES COVER A BROAD SCIENTIFIC SPECTRUM, INCLUDING ULTRA-BRIGHT LASER SOURCES, WHICH OPEN UP PROSPECTS IN MANY AREAS OF FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES.
                                        • PARALLEL ROBOTICS

                                        • CUSTOMIZED DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS
                                          Symetrie designs and manufactures dynamic systems with several degrees of freedom, mainly based on parallel kinematics architectures: parallel robots, hexapods (Stewart platforms), hexaglides.
                                          Our design office creates customized systems that meet the most specific ne• Robotics research

                                          eds of industry and research laboratories.

                                          USES

                                          • Robotics research
                                          • Fast and precise robots
                                          • Material resistance tests
                                          • 0g simulation
                                              • ARROW FAST AND PRECISE ROBOT

                                              • CUSTOMER REQUEST
                                                The LIRMM wants a demonstrator to validate by experimental tests their research allowing to overcome the technological obstacles, which currently limit the productivity of certain industrial applications carried out by a robot.

                                                Designers are forced today to choose between speed OR precision because, on the one hand, the accelerations involved cause phenomena that affect precision, and on the other hand, precise machines are generally massive and therefore not very fast. However, ultra-fast and very precise robots would considerably improve the performance of certain applications such as laser machining and micro-components assembly.

                                                PROJECT BACKGROUND
                                                • 20 g acceleration
                                                • Absolute precision of less than 20 µm in a parallelepipedal workspace with a 1m side

                                                This 3.80 m wide and 1.70 m high system consists of 6 linear motors fixed on rails. A continuous rotation is fixed at the end of the effectors to set in motion the spindle machining the materials.
                                          • SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

                                          • AN ERGONOMIC MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE
                                            Symetrie masters all the skills required to design high-performance software.

                                            Symetrie created software that allows the control of complex systems by displaying an ergonomic interface to the user.

                                            Windows appear with all the information required to control a system or to gather measurements.
                                                • CONTROL OF MULTI-AXIS SYSTEMS

                                                • Specialized in servo systems mechatronics, Symetrie develops software dedicated to the control of multi-axis serial or parallel systems.

                                                  These ergonomic and user-friendly software are used in two types of applications:

                                                  PRECISION POSITIONING
                                                  • Positioning up to 8 axes simultaneously
                                                  • Very high precision positioning
                                                  • Simulation software to test the motion and load capacity of our positioning hexapods

                                                  MOTION GENERATION
                                                  • Motion generation up to 4 g
                                                  • Simultaneous movement of 2 to 8 combined axes
                                                  • Playback of motion files, e.g. wave files (sea states) or vehicle trajectory files