Symétrie
Bouillargues, France hexapod manufacturer founded 2001; builds six-axis Stewart-platform positioning and motion systems for aerospace and space customers.
Symetrie is a French manufacturer of hexapod positioning and motion systems headquartered in Bouillargues, France, founded in 2001. The company is independent and has specialized in Stewart-platform hexapods for more than two decades.
Symetrie builds two families of six-degree-of-freedom parallel-kinematic hexapods: positioning hexapods, sold under names including Solano, Mauka, Bora, Puna, Breva, Zonda, Sirius, Joran, and Sures, which move loads from a few grams to several tons with micrometric resolution; and motion hexapods, sold as Hegoa, Notus, Mistral, Sirocco, and Aquilon, which generate dynamic trajectories at speeds up to 1 meter per second and accelerations up to 1g for loads up to several dozen tons. The company also designs custom multi-axis positioning systems and their software controllers, for applications in astronomy, space, defense, optics, synchrotron facilities, automotive, energy, naval systems, and medical research.
Symetrie is ISO 9001 certified and operates a metrology laboratory and a clean room at its Bouillargues facility. Its hexapods have been supplied to customers including Northrop Grumman, Dassault Aviation, Airbus, ASML, Naval Group, and Carl Zeiss.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
BREVA Hexapod
Medium-sized 6-DOF precision hexapod with 200kg payload, 0.5um resolution for optics and space applications.
NANO Hexapod
Compact ultra-high precision hexapod for nanometer-scale positioning in optical and metrology labs.
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+33 4 67 28 85 18HEADQUARTERS
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