Horne Technologies provides expert solutions and specialist equipment supply and is experienced in motion control, fine precision mechanics, optics, specialised cameras and high-speed photography for research as well as quick and effective industrial troubleshooting.
The company’s current key markets are optics, encoders, precision mechanics, motion control and high-speed photography. Within these areas, relevant products are standard and custom raw optics and opto-mechanics, specialist motion equipment (typically on a fine scale – precise miniature motors and micro and nano-positioning stages) and all aspects of specialist and high-speed photography, including cameras, lighting, technical services and advice.
An exciting new development is Mad Hornet Actuators: low cost, high power, stepper motor based linear actuators – these can be used as standalone systems or integrated into multi-axis bearing based systems. Horne Technologies was also recently awarded the South African agency for Hohner Encoders.
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