Custom Gimbal for JHU-APL Shows Promise for Others

Blue Joule Corporation answered the call from Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL) for a compact gimbal for use as laboratory equipment to allow for extremely precise testing and documenting of their own equipment. The company developed and recently delivered the Mini Mount (MM) Gimbal. Made of stainless steel and comprised of a package of pre-integrated motion control components from various HEIDENHAIN brands, the gimbal is approximately 20" tall and is tested to be accurate at better/smaller than 1/1000th of a degree.