PEABODY, MA, — TMC, an industry leader in high-performance vibration
cancellation technology, introduces Everstill™ K-400, a compact, benchtop active vibration
cancellation system. The Everstill K-400 is ideal for small, lightweight, ultra-precision instruments,
including optical microscopes, scanning probe microscopes and metrology instruments, and helps
those tools achieve superior resolution.
The patented Everstill starts to isolate at 0.7 Hz and delivers dramatic vibration cancellation,
especially in the critical 1-10 Hz range. Everstill achieves that performance through an active
“hard-mount” with serial-type architecture. The robust plug and play design requires no air.
“Serial-type active systems achieve better overall vibration isolation because payload resonances
are mechanically filtered from the vibration sensors,” states Wes Wigglesworth, Product Manager,
Active Systems. “This allows for high gain settings with no sacrifice in system stability.
“Everstill’s vibration sensor is a geophone-type velocity sensor rather than a low-cost
accelerometer, achieving a significantly lower noise floor, especially at low frequencies,” adds
Wigglesworth.
TMC designs and manufactures precision vibration isolation systems for sensitive research and
manufacturing processes worldwide. TMC is an ISO 9001:2008-certified company. Its products
include active and passive vibration isolation systems; optical tops, optical table systems, and
breadboards; laboratory tables and tabletop platforms; floor platforms; magnetic field cancellation
and electric field shielding systems; and acoustic enclosures.
TMC is a unit of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies, a pioneer in the development of ultraprecision
measurement instruments and a global leader in ultra-precise machine tools and
manufacturing systems for the semiconductor, photovoltaic, nanotechnology, military, defense and
ophthalmic lens markets.
AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies is a division of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global
manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with 2014 annual sales of
$4.0 billion.
For more information, contact Sheryl Aleckna at Technical Manufacturing Corporation, 15
Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA 01960. Tel: 978-532-6330. Fax: 978-531-8682. E-mail:
Sheryl.Aleckna@ametek.com Website: www.techmfg.com.