TMC’s research efforts and manufacturing
innovations have established a series of industry “firsts” in
product design and manufacturing techniques.
Examples include:
- CleanTop® is
the first and still the best way to render an optical top spillproof:
by epoxying a nylon cup under each tapped hole. All competitive designs
attempt the same end, but, constrained by our patent, sacrifice overall
table features.
- TMC optical tops are the first to register
the honeycomb cells to the tapped hole pattern.
- Our patented Gimbal
Piston™ isolators are rugged, dry, oil-free, air isolators
that isolate the work surface from both vertical and horizontal vibration
with high efficiency at low cost.
- Quiet
Island® sub-floor
platforms are a breakthrough in supporting sensitive equipment in
a cleanroom, raised-floor environment with rigid, pneumatic, or piezoelectric
support.
- The
ClassOne™ workstation is the first all electro-polished,
stainless steel vibration isolation system.
- STACIS® is
simply the most advanced vibration isolation system commercially available,
employing an active piezoelectric vibration isolation system.
- TMC's new 730 Series Optical Top has combined our inherently clean CleanTop® design with several new proprietary design features, cleaning methods, and a vacuum pump-down procedure to achieve a level of vacuum compatibility previously unattainable.
