Glasgow: novel miniature measuring device

Partnership opportunity

Glasgow University is looking for partners for the further development and application of Compostella, a miniature measuring device that permits position to be measured with extremely high precision at very low cost. The system is physically small and highly configurable, with few limitations on mounting. Compostella will be the first single device capable of measuring in 6 axes.

Interferometry is the current gold standard in position measurement, and the Compostella device can be easily integrated with existing lower-end systems to provide the equivalent of interferometry performance at a fraction of the cost. Precision measurement is a large and growing global market.

Compostella allows simultaneous measurement of position in six axes in a single device, offers high precision at low cost, can be deployed easily and configured quickly, is small, lightweight, and low power and allows power-down between measurements without requiring calibration on restart.

Likely application areas include microscopy, machine tools, micropositioning, structural monitoring and condition monitoring. A prototype system is currently being developed to provide precision measurement for microscope and optics stages used in scientific research as well as in many areas of industry. The intellectual property behind Compostella is also the subject of a current patent application.

For more information, see the Compostella page at: http://www.university-technology.com/details/compostella