Negative-stiffness vibration isolation has significantly improved performance over traditional air tables and active vibration isolation methods, providing improved sound quality for audiophiles with ...

Traditional isolators are built with metal springs or rubber blocks. They have low internal damping and generally are only effective at frequencies near 10 Hz. They also offer little to no isolation ...

Negative-stiffness mechanical isolators can be used for achieving high-performance vibration isolation in a small microscope platform. It can be challenging to use microscopy for imaging materials, ...

Sensitive optical experiments and high-resolution microscopes often need to be mounted on vibration-control platforms to avoid unwanted disturbances to measurements. Neil Savage describes a selection ...

Materials engineering explores the fundamental chemical and physical principles behind the controlled combination of atoms to create new compounds, phases, and microstructures. It also involves the ...

Erik Runge, Director of Engineering at Minus K Technology, talks to AZoNano about their low-frequency vibration isolation systems. Could you provide our readers with a summary of the history of Minus ...

Unwanted vibrations can misalign optics and cause images to blur. Jacqueline Hewett discovers how optical tables and vibration isolation systems can solve the problem. All buildings vibrate, whether ...