RS2000 Research Optical Table Tops with Two Precision Tuned Dampers

Overview

Featuring two precision tunable dampers, RS2000 optical table tops match the top-of-the-line performance of competitive models while delivering damping ideal for applications such as biomedical imaging, scanning microscopy, spectroscopy, and electrophysiology. The RS2000 Series provides about half the damping level of the RS4000 while still using Newport's rigid trussed honeycomb core for a lighter, stiffer table with superior dynamic rigidity. Two precision tuned dampers selectively eliminate two fundamental structural table modes and their harmonics, and the low-frequency superiority of Newport's tuned damping technology lets larger RS2000 tables outperform competitive models. The tables require S-2000A isolators or rigid LabLegs for support and do not include active damping.

Tuned Mass Damping

RS2000 optical tables use Tuned Mass Damping (TMD) technology, the most effective passive damping method, to concentrate damping efforts at the frequencies of the table's dominant resonance modes. The precisely tuned dampers work from as low as 25 Hz up to 525 Hz, enabling optimum damping even on larger tables whose resonances often fall outside competitors' broadband frequency range.

RS2000 Broadband and Tuned Damping Performance

RS2000 tables feature a 4.8 mm thick skin, a constrained layer core, a damped working surface, and a composite edge finish for broadband damping. Two precision tuned dampers are included to selectively eliminate two fundamental structural table modes and their harmonics, making these tables well suited to sensitive research applications requiring strong vibration control.

Super Rigid Trussed Honeycomb Core Design

Each piece of corrugated honeycomb steel sheet is immersed in proprietary elastomeric vibration-absorbing material and bonded vertically throughout the core height, creating a much stiffer honeycomb structure. This labor-intensive process ensures the table has the most robust honeycomb core construction available.

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