Large-area XY sample scanning
Cover a slide or wafer in one plane without stacking two separate linear bodies.

Opto-Mechanics · Ambient Piezo Stages - Planar carriers
Carrier XY microscopy stage; 100 x 100 mm travel; 20 x 20 mm full aperture or 50 x 50 mm limited aperture; 4 kg air payload or 2 kg vacuum payload; 10 nm resolution.
Datasheet (PDF) ↗Catalog context
Carrier.L1010s.XY is listed in the Ambient Piezo Stages - Planar carriers family. The local catalog record provides these first selection fields: Active axes: X Y; Travel range: 100 X 100 mm; Max. Velocity: 10 mm/s.
| Active axes | X Y |
|---|---|
| Travel range | 100 X 100 mm |
| Max. Velocity | 10 mm/s |
| Minimum Incremental Motion(Close-loop) | 10 nm |
| Max. Push Force | 2 N |
| Holding Force | 4 N |
| Max. Payload (horizontal mounting) | 4 kg |
| Pitch/Yaw | 0.3 mrad |
| Sensor Type | Optical Sensor |
| Sensor Resolution | 2 nm |
| Controller | MC-Newton.S series |
Application context
Cover a slide or wafer in one plane without stacking two separate linear bodies.
Step through a mosaic grid where flatness across travel decides whether tiles stay in focus.
Retrofit a motorised XY plane onto an existing microscope frame.
System integration
Use these checks to connect Carrier.L1010s.XY to the surrounding optical, mechanical and control system. Every value shown is taken from this model's own specification record.
Technical FAQ
Travel range: 100 X 100 mm · Sensor Resolution: 2 nm. Separate travel from resolution and both from repeatability. Repeatability is what an automated sequence actually depends on, and it is the figure most often absent from a headline specification.
Controller: MC-Newton.S series. Pair open-loop mechanics with the specified high-voltage or inertial driver, and closed-loop variants with the controller their capacitive, strain-gauge or encoder feedback requires. Matching connectors do not guarantee electrical compatibility.
Max. Payload (horizontal mounting): 4 kg. Check the load rating in the orientation you will use it — a vertical or cantilevered load is a moment, not a mass — and match the base to an M6 pattern on a 25 mm grid or a 1/4"-20 pattern on a 1 inch grid.
Specifying this part
Planar carriers take the load — above 10 kg in the larger versions — while covering millimetres in XY. The choice against an objective scanner is whether you would rather move a heavy specimen or the optic looking at it.
Most of the range is orderable as .HV (high vacuum), .UHV (ultra-high vacuum) or .NM (non-magnetic). The suffix changes materials, cabling and bake compatibility rather than the mechanics, so specify it against the chamber the stage will live in.
Full series comparison, controller pairing and mounting hardware on the ambient piezo stages overview, or work through the selection with the configurator.
Model selection
Compare Carrier.L1010s.XY with the closest available models in the Ambient Piezo Stages - Planar carriers family.
| Selection parameter | Carrier.L1010s.XY (current) | Carrier.L1010.XY | Carrier.L7550.XY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel / adjustment | 100 X 100 mm | 100 X 100 mm | 75 X 50 mm |
| Resolution / sensitivity | 2 nm | 2 nm | 2 nm |
| Mounting interface | 4 kg | 4 kg | 2 kg |
Carrier.L7550.XY
Carrier XY microscopy stage; 75 x 50 mm travel; 85 x 65 mm clear aperture; 2 kg payload; 10 nm closed-loop resolution for sample positioning.
Carrier.L1010.XY
Carrier XY microscopy stage; 100 x 100 mm travel; 120 x 120 mm clear aperture; 4 kg payload; 10 nm closed-loop resolution for large sample holders.
Before you specify
Engineering context for choosing this class of component, with the tradeoffs worked through on real specifications.
NanopositioningDecide what to move — sample, objective or both — then turn field of view, stack depth, settling and synchronisation into stage specifications. Comparison tables, an acquisition-time calculator, three configurations and a purchasing checklist on documented objective scanners, clear-aperture XYZ stages and controllers.
Open guide
NanopositioningWhy an open-loop piezo is wrong by 15 % of its travel, how creep grows with the logarithm of hold time, what strain-gauge and capacitive feedback actually fix — and the bandwidth and sensor noise a servo costs you in return.
Open guide
NanopositioningPiezo ceramic strains by one part in a thousand, so a 20 mm stack gives 20 µm. Every stage architecture is a different way around that limit — and each one wins a different experiment.
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