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News
2011-07-20
Many thanks to our trade-fair visitors in 2011
Dear customers,
we are glad about the great and very positiv response of national and international visitors.
The team of ess Mikromechanik GmbH would like to say a big thank you to everyone for the interest in our products and the trust you have bestowed to us.
We are pleased about a reunion and furthermore successful relation with you.
2009-11-06
Personal news
We have stregthened our team. Mr. Thorsten Köhler will be a further contact person for our customers for commercial ad marketing affairs. Therefore we have quicker handling in our quotation and order-process.
2009-07-06
Summer BBQ
Even this year the manegement had arragee a cosy get-together BBQ for the employees. By a pleasant temperatur, green meadow and tasty food, we had a good time.
2009-06-24
Announcement of the winners of the precision prize draw
At the Control international trade fair, visitors to our stand not only had the chance of witnessing our products first hand, but also of winning fantastic prizes.
Go to our Download section to find out if you are one of the lucky winners.
2009-05-11
Successful trade fair in Stuttgart
This year, we once again showcased our products at the Control international trade fair. We would like to say a big thank you to all the trade fair visitors and hope they benefit from the trade fair as much as we do.
2009-04-20
April newsletter
The April newsletter provides you with information about optical sensors in combination with our products and about our next trade fair appearance.
2009-04-17
Precision in almost every dimension
Our product portfolio ranges from oversized rotary tables (see below) to our smallest air bearing series.
Despite its small dimensions, DLL 021 Micro has an integrated high-resolution measuring system and contactless drive unit.
2009-03-10
February newsletter
The February newsletter provides you with information about our website.
2009-02-05
New: Concave calotte bearing - KKL
With the new rotary air bearing of the KKL model series we have once more been able to enhance the accuracy and reliability of air bearings.
Since we always strive to achieve the highest possible precision, the new KKL is almost entirely produced at ess according to our manufacturing principles. This is the only way that we can ensure that the individual components fulfil our demands of technical perfection and form a complete, perfect and precise bearing.
Our motivation, perfectionism and fascination for mechanics guarantee that each bearing is a masterpiece of bearing architecture.
Since we always strive to achieve the highest possible precision, the new KKL is almost entirely produced at ess according to our manufacturing principles. This is the only way that we can ensure that the individual components fulfil our demands of technical perfection and form a complete, perfect and precise bearing.
Our motivation, perfectionism and fascination for mechanics guarantee that each bearing is a masterpiece of bearing architecture.
The technical data will be published soon. It will then be available under Rotary bearings.
The world’s largest air bearing
After more than 12 months of development and production, we have finally made it.
The world’s largest and most precise rotary bearing goes one better than all the other bearing types.
With a diameter in excess of 1.8 metres and a rotation weight of approx. 2 tonnes this rotary table deviates only 120nm (nanometres) from the centre axis when being rotated around its own axis.
The deviation in Z direction, i.e. the vertical motion, when being rotated is only 100nm.
The bearing has been designed for maximum loads of 5 tonnes.
Due to its special size and precision, brand new production strategies had to be applied for some stages of the manufacturing process. This included, for example, processes from the nuclear power plant construction industry and techniques used by watch and clockmakers.
The mechanical error of the faces, which are vital for the precision of the bearing, is not greater than 1.5µm. This meant that, in order to grind the bearing faces, a machine which can grind parts with a diameter of up to 2m to an evenness of 1µm (micrometer) had to be specially constructed.
Clean room is now EUV-suitable
Due to increased demands, the clean room, which was put into operation last year, has been upgraded by integrating special filters for EUV applications.
Brochures available as downloads
Technical data and images of some of our products are now available as PDF files under Download. You can download this print version in German and English.
Donation instead of gifts
In 2008, we again decided to forego sending gifts to our customers, and instead donated the money to a non-profit organisation.
The donation went to the FED (Familien Entlastender Dienst) in Tuttlingen, Germany. This organisation cares for handicapped people – especially children.
This service provides valuable respite time for the relatives who care for these people. Time to visit a doctor, to go shopping or to simply spend an hour or two on their own.
After paying several visits to this organisation, we witnessed just how happy the handicapped children are during the hours they spend there.
And the same applies to the relatives, who are so grateful for the respite time this organisation provides.
This service provides valuable respite time for the relatives who care for these people. Time to visit a doctor, to go shopping or to simply spend an hour or two on their own.
After paying several visits to this organisation, we witnessed just how happy the handicapped children are during the hours they spend there.
And the same applies to the relatives, who are so grateful for the respite time this organisation provides.
We are, of course, aware that our donation is only a small drop in the ocean, but we are satisfied that it has been invested in a worthy cause.
We hope you share our opinion.
All the employees of ess Mikromechanik GmbH
Clean room technology for mechanical high-end components
The new laboratory and clean room of ess Mikromechanik GmbH was put into operation and presented to a large circle of customers and interested parties on 1 March 2008.
Where production machines had, until recently, been in operation, new clean rooms for the production of ultra-precise air bearings and system technologies opened their doors on Monday, 3 March 2008. These laboratories are more dust-free than any operating theatre, since the smallest mechanical components for the semiconductor industry and medical and measurement technologies are to be produced and assembled here in the near future. High-end air bearings will be additionally assembled, tested and inspected in this room.
Special air bearings for application in clean rooms and in vacuum systems made this step necessary.
2008-03-06
New in our product range: µ grinder
Ultra precision – compact design – maximum efficiency – suitable for serial production
The new ultra-precision grinding machine µ grinder is a novelty in the precision machine building sector. Components can be produced with a radial accuracy and a max. axial run-out of <= 0.2µm on state-of-the-art axis systems and air bearing spindles.
Find out more about the technical data soon in the left-hand navigation bar.
2007
- Launch of our own form testing instrument RME075
and LMS 0404-150.
2006
- Development of the new from testing bearing Roundscan for one of our customers. Specially optimised for concentricity and tilting rigidity.
- Development of a highly dynamic linear bearing which works with a traverse speed of up to 150 Hz and is subjected to maximum acceleration of 35g.
2005
- Development of the RME circularity and form testing instrument.
2004
- Development of the GRT 1144 model series with a load bearing capacity of up to 55,000 N with a self-supporting structure and radial and lateral run-out accuracies of <= 0.12µm.
2003
- Construction of the first complete straightness measuring instrument GMG on the basis of air bearings.
- Further development of the GRT model series with a load bearing capacity of up to 35,000 N with a self-supporting structure.
2002
- Development of the micro lathe with minimum axial tilting errors.
2001
- Development and production of an air bearing-based machining spindle on the basis of sinter material with a diameter of 30mm.
2000
- Relocation to our new premises.
- Development and start of production of the first air bearing-based machining spindle with primer protection.
1999
- Construction of a support element for a micro camera which can be swallowed for medical purposes.
1998
- Joint development of a measuring device for testing semiconductor components in the nm range. Positioning accuracy of 0.005µm.
- Further development of the GRT 600 rotary table model series with radial and lateral run-out accuracies of <= 0.08µm at a load of 50,000 N.
1996
- Development and construction of a rotary air bearing for determining ultra precise angles (goniometer test station).
1995
- Application for a patent for the simplification and simultaneous performance enhancement of an air bearing.
1994
- Development of a new production method for planar air bearings.
1993
- Maximum output of 1,200 scanners annually.
1991
- Production of the first GRT 600 with radial and lateral run-out accuracies of <= 0.1µm at a load of 27,000 N.
1990
- Development of the first high performance scanner with a remaining wobble of 2 mrad.
