ALIO Industries, an Allient Company and recognized leader in precision motion control systems, will unveil its newest motion platform, the ThruSight-Focus open-center XYZ stage, at the AUTOMATE Show in Detroit, May 12–15, 2025. The launch will take place on booth No. 1339, where ALIO will showcase how ThruSight-Focus is redefining precision motion for next-generation manufacturing and research applications. ALIO has applied for both a domestic and international patent on the ThruSight product series.
ThruSight-Focus is a high-performance, compact motion platform specifically engineered for applications requiring dual-side access to the sample or workpiece. It pairs ALIO’s monolithic open-center XY stage — known for its nanometer-level precision, crossed roller bearings, and direct linear drives — with a novel Z-wedge mechanism that converts horizontal drive force into vertical motion via direct drive. This innovative architecture eliminates backlash, enhances servo responsiveness, and delivers fast, stable Z-axis movements — all within a low-profile footprint.
“ThruSight-Focus represents a significant step forward in motion control,” says Mark Holcomb, Director of Product Management at ALIO Industries. “It’s purpose-built to solve key integration challenges our customers face across life sciences, semiconductor, and photonics applications. With ThruSight-Focus, users compromise nothing regarding precision but gain focus flexibility and crucial back-side accessibility, unlocking process capability and performance that were previously out of reach. All this functionality is accomplished in a low-profile form factor, which is an added benefit to system integrators.”
ThruSight-Focus is ideally suited for applications such as backside wafer processing, microlens alignment, silicon photonic integration, genome sequencing, and high-resolution digital pathology. Its open-center design allows light or laser access from below, enabling improved imaging quality, dual-sided processing, and simplified packaging of complex optical or electronic systems.
“Many of our customers are developing cutting-edge solutions in optics, life sciences, and microelectronics — but motion hardware isn’t their specialty,” Holcomb adds. “We’ve built ThruSight-Focus to remove that complexity. It’s compact, flexible, and incredibly precise — ready to be dropped into a high-performance environment with minimal effort.”
In addition to its core features, ALIO will preview future ThruSight-Focus enhancements, including a full 360-degree rotary stage to add a fourth degree of motion, opening even more alignment and positioning possibilities.
Visitors to booth No. 1339 at AUTOMATE 2025 will be among the first to see ThruSight-Focus in action. Mark and the team of Allient Applications and Sales Engineers will be available throughout the show to provide demonstrations, answer technical questions, and explore how ThruSight-Focus can be customized to meet specific customer needs.
