Lowest cost is provided by the L-402 stage available with a direct drive open loop stepper and a direct drive servo motor with shaft mounted encoder.

The M-110/M-111/M-112 family provides a space-saving design with a folded drive train featuring the motor side-by-side with the moving platform.  Leadscrew and ball screw versions with both servo an stepper motors are available.

The M-505 and M-122 stages provide the highest precision by means of an integrated linear encoder.

Piezo motors allow for smaller stage designs. They create no magnetic fields and are not influenced by magnetic fields. On power off, these motors are self-clamping, holding a position without drift, and energy consumption. Two types of motors are shown below:

Inertia Linear Motors
Inertia motors are extremely compact and offer the best ratio of size, precision and cost, with relatively simple controller design.

PiezoWalk® Linear Motors - higher force & precision, for high-end applications
PiezoWalk® technology, combines piezo class resolution with long travel ranges, sub-nanometer resolution, high forces and stiffness, these piezo stepping drives are not subject to sliding friction or wear as motion is achieved when the “legs” lift off for each step. Designed for high-end applications in bio-nanotechnology, fiber-optics, microscopy, semiconductor testing, and metrology and scientific research in beamlines and laser labs.