• Triple-Plate Double Core StableTop™ Construction Significantly Increases Rigidity
• Enhanced Damping Improves Dynamic Performance for the Most Critical Laboratory Applications
• Sealed Mounting Holes Make it Simple to Contain and Clean Up Spills or Retrieve Small Objects
• Plated Steel Sealing Cup Honeycomb Structure

Thorlabs PBI11115, 4' x 3' x 2.4", PerformancePlus™ Optical Breadboard is designed specifically for demanding R&D applications. It combines all the features of the Performance™ breadboards but with enhanced damping, increased rigidity, and sealed mounting holes. This breadboard is stocked in the USA.

The PerformancePlus breadboards incorporate a triple plate (top, bottom and middle), double-honeycomb design, providing unsurpassed stiffness and excellent dynamic rigidity. The top layer consists of a stainless steel top plate and a secondary steel plate, separated by a unique plated steel honeycomb-like structure. The second layer adds the main steel honeycomb structure and the stainless steel bottom plate. The main honeycomb core is fabricated from strips of precision-formed plated steel, which is bonded together with a high tensile strength epoxy adhesive. The thinner, honeycomb-like top structure is made from cylindrical-shaped steel cups, which enhance the overall stiffness of the breadboard and provide improved support of the top plate.

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• Finish and Construction
• Dimensions: 4' x 3' x 2.4"
• Breadboard Thickness: 60 mm (2.4")
• Flatness: ±0.1 mm (±0.004") over any 0.3 m²
• Construction: Triple-Plate, Double Honeycomb-Core, Athermalized Design with Matching Plate Materials for Maximum Thermal Stability
• Top and Bottom Plates: Matched materials for Athermalized Design, Magnetic Stainless Steel, 5mm (3/16") Thick
• Main Core: High Density Plated Steel Honeycomb
• Intermediate Core: Plated Steel Sealing Cup Honeycomb Structure, 13 mm (0.15") Thick, Cell Size Approximately 1.6 cm²(0.25"²)
• Damping: Enhanced (Proprietary Tuned And Broadband Damping)
• Sides: Black Laminated-Steel Sides, Slightly Inset
• Finish: Top Plate is Brush Finished
• Mounting
• 1/4"-20 Tapped on 1 inch Centers
• Distance from Edge to First Holes: 2.0" on All Sides
• Max Screw Depth: 6 mm from Breadboard Surface