A new line of specialty clean motors

Haydon Switch and Instrument, Inc. in motor miniaturization, announces a merger with Kerk Motion Products, a manufacturer of non-ball lead screw, linear rails, and actuator systems. Together, the two companies will become HaydonKerk Motion Solutions; retaining both Kerk® and Haydon™ product lines and jointly offering the world’s broadest range of linear motion products.

For nearly 50 years, Haydon Switch and Instrument, Inc. has built electric motors and stepper motor based linear actuators.  Located on ten acres in Waterbury, CT, the company’s ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facility supports today’s most efficient technology and manufacturing methods. 

Following the merger, the Waterbury facility will continue production of HaydonKerk’s line of Haydon™ products, which includes canstack and hybrid stepper-motor actuators, rotary steppers, and LRS motorized rails.

Since 1976, Kerk Motion Products’ internationally patented, anti-backlash designs and materials have provided high accuracy, unsurpassed repeatability, and long life in a full range of motion control applications. HaydonKerk’s line of Kerk® leadscrews, linear rails, and non-motorized actuators will continue to be manufactured at the Hollis, NH facility.

HaydenKerk introduces its Haydon™ specialty Clean Motor product. Designed for contamination sensitive applications, cleanroom environments, and environments within systems under high vacuum, HaydonKerk’s Clean Motors are designed to limit contaminants and out gassing in vacuum environments.  Provided that the motor operates below its rated operating temperature, Haydon™ Clean Motors will survive in a vacuum down to 10-8 Torr.   

To ensure the minimum amount of out gas in a vacuum environment, the Clean Motor product undergoes special handling and uses parts fabricated in a proprietary process.

Clean Motors are constructed of non-volatile materials, thoroughly cleaned using ultrasonic equipment, and then vacuum-baked at high temperature to extract contaminants. 

In addition to Teflon® wires and high temperature windings, Haydon™ Clean Motors contain stainless steel bearings with special lubrication.  Out gassing results from a lack of motor cleanliness, often created by contaminants present during the manufacturing process and even the slightest contact with a human hand. 

The Haydon™ Clean Motor products are processed to consider all possible contamination sources and are then sealed in double bags for handling under clean-room protocols.