TMC has received a final judgment entirely in its favor against Integrated Dynamics Engineering, Inc. ("IDE") regarding the ongoing patent infringement dispute over TMC's STACIS® technology patent.

On March 29, 2004, Judge Douglas P.Woodlock of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued his Final Judgment stating that TMC is the lawful owner of United States Patent No. 5,660,255 (dealing with the technology incorporated in TMC's STACIS® active vibration control product) (the "Patent"), that the Patent is valid and enforceable, and that IDE has infringed the Patent by offering an infringing product for sale. The court further found in favor of TMC on all of IDE's counterclaims.

The final judgment orders that IDE, and all of IDE's affiliates, successors in interest, assigns, owners, partners, shareholders, agents, employees and all persons in active concert or participation with them,

It's impractical to buy multiple products and do side-by-side controlled testing. Tables are large and heavy and your resources probably won't allow you this luxury.

However, we have a category of customers that can't afford not to do such a thorough evaluation. And you can benefit from their experience. Of particular concern to these makers of ultra-precision instruments, which include AFMs, interferometers, electron microscopes, and NMR spectrometers, is the vibration isolation achieved by the table. The overall performance specifications of their tool (resolution) are directly impacted by the vibration isolation system incorporated into their instrument.

Routinely, leading manufacturers of precision instruments perform detailed comparisons of the tables. In addition to evaluationg quality, price, delivery time, service and ther factors, special emphasis is typically placed upon the tables vibration isolation performance.

Not only does TMC consistantly provide the best overall value based on these factors, but we do so while providing dramatically better vibration isolation performance.

In cooperation with Linos Photonics GmbH, TMC's distributor in Germany, Austria and the U.K., TMC manufactured and facilitated the turnkey installation of 24 large CleanTop™ II Optical Tops and 32 Breadboards for the Institute of Laser Physics' new laboratories at the University of Hamburg. Each table system features TMC's patented CleanTop™ II Steel Honeycomb Optical Top and self-leveling Gimbal Piston™ Air Isolators, which provide the excellent vertical and horizontal vibration attenuation necessary for the Institute's vibration sensitive applications.

The Institute of Laser Physics, founded in 1991, is a center of basic and applied research and advanced teaching. Research includes a focus on the interaction between light and matter, the development of novel coherent light sources, and corresponding detection and preparation techniques

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Automation Engineering Incorporated designed and produced this high-end alignment and laser welding station for complex optoelectronics. The station uses TMC's 63-500 Series vibration isolation system, which incorporates Gimbal PistonT air vibration isolators to filter both vertical and horizontal floor vibration. The vibration isolation system also includes a CleanTop™II Steel Honeycomb Optical Top to provide an extremely stiff, damped structure with a flat, stainless steel working surface and an array of drilled and tapped mounting holes. This table is the foundation for AEI's station, a combination of precision motion stages, machine vision, flexible and re-configurable control software, and interchangeable tooling to reliably and repeatably align and weld multiple photonic components.