RACA-3

Optical Rails & Carriers · RACA series Sliding Carriers

RACA-3

RACA series Sliding Carriers

RACA series Sliding Carriers — model RACA-3.

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Catalog context

Where RACA-3 fits

RACA-3 is listed as RACA series Sliding Carriers in the RACA series Sliding Carriers family.

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Specifications

Full specifications for this product are available on request. Contact us for the datasheet.

Application context

Why this design is used

Repeatable axial positioning

Slide components along a fixed axis and return them to a marked position.

Setting conjugate distances

Adjust element spacing in imaging and relay systems where the design fixes the separations.

Teaching and demonstration optics

Reconfigure a bench quickly while keeping every element on a common axis.

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Before you specify

Guides that cover this decision

Engineering context for choosing this class of component, with the tradeoffs worked through on real specifications.

Beam position drifting out of tolerance over a working day, beside isolator transmissibility curves

15 min Stability lab

Building a stable opto-mechanical rig

Vibration, thermal drift and mechanical integration are one problem. Budget the motion at the sample, then specify the table, the isolation, the mounts and the beam height that budget asks for.

Cage-mounted optics on an optical table lit by green and blue laser light

Optical microscopy

14 min Trap-design lab

Building an optical-tweezers setup

Design the trapping beam, objective, mechanics, imaging, QPD detection, calibration, and safety workflow as one instrument.