Vacuum Drives and Motions: Rotary & Linear Drives

Explore VACGEN's selection of vacuum drives and motion options, including UHV linear drives and UHV rotary drives available to buy online. Many vacuum processes require a sample or other components to be moved around the vacuum system. VACGEN offer a comprehensive range of rotation and linear drives including UHV wobble sticks, magnetic probes, rotary platforms and feedthroughs to ensure reliable and precise motion control. Need a bespoke UHV drive solution? Our experts are happy to help. Contact us to discuss your project today.

Linear Drives

Linear drives can be used for a range of applications requiring small distance travel within a vacuum system, such as moving electron optics or apertures, source movement, or stage alignment. 

Rotary Drives

Rotary drives are used where a vacuum process requires a sample or components to be accurately rotated within the vacuum chamber. 

Wobble Sticks

Wobble sticks enable simple hand operated movements to be transmitted through the wall of the vacuum vessel. All our wobble sticks are mounted onto a 70mm OD flange and are capable of being baked without dismantling.

Hollow Linear Drives

Hollow linear drives are used when a probe or source requires positioning within the chamber with a high degree of accuracy. The Z axis only translators can all be fully motorised to give even higher degrees of accuracy.

Magnetic Transfer

Magnetically coupled probes contain samarium cobalt magnets for high-power, smooth transfer and, owing to their all-metal construction, are bakeable to +250°c. The transfer probes are used for transferring samples quickly between vacuum chambers

Non-Magnetic Transfer

The linear rack and pinion design of our non-magnetic transfer probes provide an extremely accurate method of linear travel within the chamber, with an optional secondary rotation shaft for azimuthal movement.

Rotary Platforms

Rotary platforms provide a means of rotational translation with a central clear bore. Differentially pumped rotary platforms are construction to enable a probe or similar device to be inserted into a UHV environment and rotated.

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  1. Rotary Drive Manual DN38CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,187.55
    The RD1 is a manual or motorised high precision rotary drive, with a 256mm shaft length. The RD1 is fitted with Index scale, rotation stops and position lock. We also offer a custom shaft extension with bearing housing to suit custom requirements. The RD1 is low backlash, with smooth continuous primary rotation via a 9.5 mm diameter shaft.
  2. Rotary Drive Magnetic Manual DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    The MRD93 is a manual drive which uses high strength Sm2Co17 magnetic coupling to transfer rotational forces into the vacuum envelope. This is achieved without any dynamic seals or bellows making these devices exceptionally robust and no risk of a vacuum leak for the life of the drive.
  3. Wobble Stick Manual 20mm Coarse Linear Travel
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,009.04
    Single edge welded bellows wobble stick allows limited coarse linear and angular movement. A cost efficient manually operated stick, translating linear hand movement into the vacuum envelope with 15 of angular movement.
  4. Rotary Drive Motor Kit RD1/RD2 R1 Primary WIRED
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,554.74
    Motor Upgrade for RD1, 2 & 7
  5. Rotary Drive 100mm Shaft Geared Stepper Motor Wired
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,035.00
    The RD91 is a manual or motorised precision rotary drive, with a 100mm shaft length. The RD91 is fitted with Index scale and position lock. The drive provides a low backlash, with a smooth continuous primary rotation via a 6.35mm diameter shaft.
  6. Rotary Drive Motor Kit RD2 R2 Azimuthal WIRED
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,296.95
    Motor Upgrade for RD2
  7. Mag Drive Linear & Rotation 305mm Travel 70mm OD Flange
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,147.68
    High power all metal magnetically coupled coarse linear and rotary transfer device for UHV applications, using only UHV accepted metals within its construction. Providing smooth sample transfer movement within the vacuum chamber, where high accuracy is not required.
  8. Mag Drive Linear & Rotation 460mm Travel 70mm OD Flange
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,181.39
    High power all metal magnetically coupled coarse linear and rotary transfer device for UHV applications, using only UHV accepted metals within its construction. Providing smooth sample transfer movement within the vacuum chamber, where high accuracy is not required.
  9. Mag Drive Linear & Rotation 610mm Travel 70mm OD Flange
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,256.80
    High power all metal magnetically coupled coarse linear and rotary transfer device for UHV applications, using only UHV accepted metals within its construction. Providing smooth sample transfer movement within the vacuum chamber, where high accuracy is not required.
  10. Mag Drive Linear & Rotation 914mm Travel 70mm OD Flange
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,244.67
    High power all metal magnetically coupled coarse linear and rotary transfer device for UHV applications, using only UHV accepted metals within its construction. Providing smooth sample transfer movement within the vacuum chamber, where high accuracy is not required.
  11. Wobble Stick Manual 280mm Hollow Linear Travel
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,310.00
    Hollow wobble sticks are used where linear and angular movement is required to independently position a probe or rotatory shaft, via the hollow shaft terminating in a 34mm OD flange. Edge welded bellows, gives the user a true 'feeling' of position inside the vacuum chamber to give a controlled positioning.
  12. Wobble Stick Manual 280mm Linear Travel
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,731.25
    Plain wobble sticks are used where linear and angular movement is required to move a custom probe mounted to the end of the linear movement, via a 5mm mounting hole. Edge welded bellows, gives the user a true 'feeling' of position inside the vacuum chamber to give a controlled positioning.
  13. Wobble Stick Manual 237mm Linear Travel
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,127.50
    Plain wobble sticks are used where linear and angular movement is required to move a custom probe mounted to the end of the linear movement, via a 5mm mounting hole. Edge welded bellows, gives the user a true 'feeling' of position inside the vacuum chamber to give a controlled positioning.
  14. Stepper Motor Controller 110v - Single Axis
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,353.80
    Motor Controller will suit all the standard motorisation offer by VACGEN. This is a rack mounted 3U 1/3rd single axis controller with a robust long life design. This comes with a simple software package, which when purchased with a motorised component, will be a plug and play out of the box. The unit can be used in either open or closed loop (Encoder) configuration. We also offer a full range of cables and optional extras.
  15. Stepper Motor Controller 240v - Single Axis
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,353.92
    Motor Controller will suit all the standard motorisation offer by VACGEN. This is a rack mounted 3U 1/3rd single axis controller with a robust long life design. This comes with a simple software package, which when purchased with a motorised component, will be a plug and play out of the box. The unit can be used in either open or closed loop (Encoder) configuration. We also offer a full range of cables and optional extras.
  16. Linear Drive 114mm OD 75mm Z Handwheel
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,911.58
    Linear Drive 114mm OD 75mm Z Handwheel
  17. Drive Screw Assembly for LTM150
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,312.84
    Drive Screw Assembly for LTM150
  18. Linear Drive Stepper Motor Wired 100mm travel DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,007.50
    Linear Drive Stepper Motor Wired 100mm travel DN19CF
  19. Linear Drive Stepper Motor Wired 150mm travel DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,145.00
    Linear Drive Stepper Motor Wired 150mm travel DN19CF
  20. Linear Drive Wired StepMotor/Encoder 50mm Movement DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,227.88
    Linear Drive Wired StepMotor/Encoder 50mm Movement DN19CF
  21. Linear Drive Wired StepMotor/Encoder 100mm Movement DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,677.76
    Linear Drive Wired StepMotor/Encoder 100mm Movement DN19CF
  22. Linear Drive Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired 50mm Travel DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,182.05
    Linear Drive Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired 50mm Travel DN19CF
  23. Linear Drive Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired 100mm Travel DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,380.42
    Linear Drive Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired 100mm Travel DN19CF
  24. Linear Drive Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired 150mm Travel DN19CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,875.47
    Linear Drive Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired 150mm Travel DN19CF
  25. Linear Drive 100mm DN16 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,646.16
    Linear Drive 100mm DN16 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
  26. Linear Drive 150mm DN16 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,750.00
    Linear Drive 150mm DN16 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
  27. Linear Drive Wired Stepper Motor 150mm Movement DN38CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,103.05
    Linear Drive Wired Stepper Motor 150mm Movement DN38CF
  28. Linear Drive Wired Stepper/Encoder 150mm Movement DN38CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,428.13
    Linear Drive Wired Stepper/Encoder 150mm Movement DN38CF
  29. Linear Drive 100mm Travel Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired DN38CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,308.88
    Linear Drive 100mm Travel Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired DN38CF
  30. Linear Drive 150mm Travel Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired DN38CF
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,530.00
    Linear Drive 150mm Travel Step Motor+Lim Switch Wired DN38CF
  31. Linear Drive 25mm DN40 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,200.00
    Linear Drive 25mm DN40 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
  32. Linear Drive 50mm DN40 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,536.36
    Linear Drive 50mm DN40 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
  33. Linear Drive 100mm DN40 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
    4 to 6 weeks delivery
    £2,871.76
    Linear Drive 100mm DN40 Step Mot+Lim Switch/Encoder Wired
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