ThruSight-Focus by ALIO Industries: Precision from Every Angle

As imaging and processing technologies become more complex and space-constrained, motion control platforms must evolve, not only in precision, but also in accessibility and integration flexibility. ALIO Industries’ latest innovation, ThruSight-Focus, redefines the boundaries of XYZ motion by enabling true dual-sided access while maintaining nanometer-level precision and high-speed performance.

Designed for Dual-Sided Demands

Traditional motion platforms often limit access to only one side of the sample or workpiece, complicating workflows in fields like digital pathology, genome sequencing, wafer-level processing, and microlens alignment. ThruSight-Focus breaks through this barrier with its low-profile open-center design, allowing optical or laser access from both above and below.

This design empowers complex applications in life sciences, semiconductors, and photonics, where dual-sided imaging, alignment, or processing are critical to yield and accuracy.

Z-Wedge Innovation

At the heart of ThruSight-Focus is a breakthrough direct-drive Z-wedge mechanism. Unlike traditional rotary-to-linear conversions, which can introduce backlash and mechanical noise, the Z-wedge system translates horizontal drive force into vertical motion directly. The result? Zero-backlash movement, enhanced servo bandwidth, and fast move-and-settle times, all within a low-profile form factor.

This capability is particularly powerful in laser micromachining and optical focus applications, where Z-axis responsiveness is essential.

Proven XY Precision

ThruSight-Focus pairs the novel Z-wedge with ALIO’s open-center monolithic XY stage, a precision-proven platform utilizing direct linear drives and crossed roller bearings. With bi-directional repeatability as tight as ±50 nanometers, and travel of 118 in X, 64 in Y and 5 mm in Z, the XYZ platform offers industry-leading flatness, straightness, and stiffness, even under dynamic conditions.

This makes ThruSight-Focus exceptionally reliable for applications where nanometer-level positioning and sub-micron repeatability are non-negotiable.

Compact, Precise, Accessible, and Flexible

System integrators face enormous pressure to do more in less space. ThruSight-Focus’s compact architecture simplifies integration into OEM tools, labs, and cleanrooms without sacrificing performance. Whether mounted into vertical stacks or integrated with sensitive imaging or processing equipment, ThruSight-Focus fits (and performs) where bulkier stages fall short.

The platform’s open architecture also reduces mechanical complexity, eliminating the need for extensive brackets, windows, or workaround optics.

Whether you’re building the next generation of imaging tools or solving complex packaging challenges in advanced manufacturing, ThruSight-Focus is more than just a stage, it’s a true enabling technology. It is Precision Built for You.