Vibration Isolation 63-500 High-Performance Antivibration Lab Tables
TMC 63-500 Series High-Performance Lab Tables provide an excellent vibration-free working surface for loads up to 350 lb (160 kg). With modular construction, these tables are recommended for use in such diverse applications as electrophysiology, cell injection, ultramicrotomy, photomicroscopy, scanning tunnel microscopy,and confocal laser scanning microscopy.
TMC 63-500 Series High-Performance Lab Tables provide an excellent vibration-free working surface for loads up to 350 lb (160 kg). With modular construction, these tables are recommended for use in such diverse applications as electrophysiology, cell injection, ultramicrotomy, photomicroscopy, scanning tunnel microscopy,and confocal laser scanning microscopy.
High Input Specifications:
Low Input Specifications:
Isolation efficiency @ 5 Hz:
Isolation efficiency @ 10 Hz:
Gross load Capacity:
1,400 lbs. (640 kg)
Net load Capacity:
350 lbs. (160 kg)
Finish:
Medium texture black powder coat frame; stainless steel top.
Facilities required:
80 psi nitrogen or air
Armrests and Sliding Shelves: Tables may be fitted with armrests and rigidly supported sliding side shelves must be used in conjunction with a front support bar and a rear support bar that are fastened to the table legs. The bars can be retrofitted but cannot be used with the full perimeter enclosure or Faraday Cage.
Front Support Bar: This adjustable steel rail mounts on the table’s front legs. It has a slot in which the shelves mount and is normally ordered with the armrest pads. The bar may be centered along the length of the table or cantilevered to suit your application.
Rear Support Bar: This adjustable rail mounts on the rear table legs and supports the rear end of the sliding shelves. It may also be cantilevered.Armrest Pads: Adjustable leather forearm rest which fasten to the front support bar. A new armrest pad is now available which fastens to the perimeter enclosure.
Sliding Shelves: Shelves are made of wood, with white plastic laminate covering all sides. A metal bracket on the front edge of the shelf fits into the slot in the front support bar. Shelves slide freely from side to side and are easily lifted off the support bars. Built-in stops prevent shelves from sliding out of slots. When ordering sliding shelves, you must order front and rear support bars.
Raised Rear Shelf: The 14 in. (350 mm) deep raised rear shelf mounts on the full perimeter enclosure and is the length of the corresponding table top. The shelf is solidly supported 18 in. (450 mm) above the isolated surface with no direct noise transmission to the table top.
NOTE: this shelf cannot be used with the Faraday Cage.
Clear Acrylic Enclosures: The clear acrylic enclosures provide protection from drafts and dust. Custom configurations allow for acoustic and light protection. Features include: clear acrylic panels, solid top, and triple-track front section with a three-piece sliding front panel.
Casters: A set of four retractable casters with a total weight capacity of 1,000 lb (450 kg) can be mounted to the base of the table legs.
Perimeter Enclosures: Fixed Full-A fixed, welded-steel structure that completely surrounds the table top to provide non-isolated support for Faraday Cages, raised rear shelves, Plexiglas enclosures, and other special fixtures. Cannot be used with sliding shelves or support bars.
Precision Height Control Valves: To minimize bottled air supply usage, standard TMC height control valves have a small ‘dead band’, resulting in a height return accuracy of +/-0.05 in. (+/-1.3 mm). Precision valves control height to within +/-0.005 in. (0.13 mm) but have a slight, constant leak.
Articulated ArmRest: These add stability and comfort when delicate manipulations must be made without disturbing the isolated surface. Mounts to front support bar or perimeter enclosure.
Subshelf: For additional storage space, a shelf mounted beneath the isolated table top is available and may be retrofitted at any time.
Gimbal Piston Isolators: Achieves both horizontal and vertical isolation down to very low input levels.
Thin-Wall Rolling Diaphragms: The thin-wall, Dacron-reinforced rolling diaphragm air seals are only 0.020 in. (0.5mm) thick and extremely flexible. They do not stiffen the spring as thicker rubber diaphragms do.
All-Brass Height Control Valves: Virtually unbreakable, they are finger adjustable with no need for tools. The standard model maintains height to +/- 0.050 in. (+/- 0.1mm); the precision model, to +/-0.005in. (+/-0.1 mm).
Internal Piston Travel Restraint: Unique in the industry, TMS provides husky, tamper-proof, built-in piston travel restraints. The restraints are completely independent of the table valves and have been ram-tested at forces above those produced by the pistons operating at full pressure. They cannot be decoupled accidentally and do not interfere with setting up and using the table, but simply protect against overtravel without the use of external bars that create hazardous pinch points. Heavy loads, including the top plate, can be safely removed from a table in full operation.
Tiebar Gussets: Increase table frame rigidity. They compensate for the elimination of the front tiebar in order to provide kneewell space.
Rugged Built-in Levelling Feet: Table legs include built-in fine-thread 3 in. (75 mm) diameter screw jack levellers with ½ in. (13 mm) travel, provision for external adjustment, and a handy adjustment wrench. The base is a solid, slightly domed shape to assure solid, wobble-free contact with sloping or irregular floors.
Options of table tops: The standard laminated tops provide an attractive stainless steel ferromagnetic working surface with highly damped, high stiffness construction at low cost. For application requiring the ultimate stiffness and damping or mounting holes, specify the patented CleanTop II honeycomb top.
Which top is best for me?
Stainless Steel Laminate: Stainless Steel Laminate, the least expensive 63-500 top, is recommended for application that requires a strong magnetic attachment and will not involve repeated exposure of the top to corrosive liquids. However, stains from such liquids can be removed with an industrial strength stainless steel cleaner. This top does not have the precision flatness of the CleanTop II honeycomb top.Flatness is +/- 0.030In (+/-0.8mm)
Plastic Laminated on Stainless Steel: Is an easy-to-clean alternative to stainless steel, without sacrificing structural performance. A plastic laminate is added to the top surface, which reduce ferromagnetic attachment strength.
CleanTop II: Features TMC’s patented spill-proof, drilled and tapped mounting hole array. Tops are 4 in (100mm) thick and have ¼-20 holes on 1 in spacing or M6 holes on 25 mm spacing. The small cell-size steel honeycomb design provides even stiffer and better damping than the stainless steel laminate. Guaranteed flat to +/-0.005 in (+/-0.13 mm).
