DSM

Specialty Actuator and Stage Design:

-Active/smart materials (piezoelectric, shape memory alloy)

-Flexure-based, solid-state piezo actuators optimized by FEA

-Designs for constrained geometries and restrictive environments (non-magnetic, vacuum, high-temperature, shock-resistant)

-Application-dependent integration of piezoelectric or traditional electromagnetic technologies

Controls Design and Custom Electronics:

-PC-based and stand-alone closed-loop motion control with custom power and amplifier electronics for driving capacitive loads

-Multi-axis motion control with sub-micron and nanometer-level positioning resolution

-Sensor implementation for force and position control

-System Integration and Machine Design

-Custom hardware, software and electronics for turnkey solutions to unique engineering challenges

-Precision robotic systems and machine designs for single- and multi-axis control

System Integration and Machine Design:

-Custom hardware, software and electronics for turnkey solutions to unique engineering challenges

-Precision robotic systems and machine designs for single- and multi-axis control

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR):

-DSM is an active and successful participant in the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which fund high-risk advanced technology that will help America maintain its competitive edge in the global marketplace.

-Since the company's founding in 1998, DSM been awarded 32 SBIR/STTR applied R&D contracts from U.S. government agencies. As a result, DSM's commercialization of the technologies stemming from these contracts has produced several million dollars more in revenue primarily from developments related to unique piezoelectric positioning systems.