30 mm Cage Cube Cover Plates

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30 mm Cage Cubes and Accessories

Cage Cubes	Optic Mounts	Platforms	Rotating Platforms	Cover Plates

Features

30 mm Cage Cube-Compatible Platforms
Blank or SM1-Threaded Plate Options Available
Light-Tight Cage Accessories

The 30 mm cage cube plates offered here are ideal platforms for building light-tight cage cube systems. Our B1C(/M) and B2C Cage Cube Plates are compatible with Thorlabs' 30 mm Cage Cubes and accessories. The B1C Blank Plate can be used to create a light-tight environment within the C4W or C6W cage cubes. The B2C SM1-Threaded Plate provides an additional SM1-threaded port on the top or bottom of our C4W or C6W cage cubes.

Thorlabs offers a wide and growing complement of accessories for 30 mm cage cubes, including optic mounts, platforms, and rotating platforms. These tools provide a complete family of versatile building blocks suited for virtually any 30 mm cage cube optomechanical setup.

Cage System Overview

The Cage Assembly System provides a convenient way to construct large optomechanical systems with an established line of precision-machined building blocks designed for high flexibility and accurate alignment.

16 mm, 30 mm, and 60 mm Cage System Standards

Thorlabs offers three standards defined by the center-to-center spacing of the cage assembly rods (see image below). The 16 mm cage, 30 mm cage, and 60 mm cage standards are designed to accomodate Ø1/2", Ø1", and Ø2" optics, respectively. Specialized cage plates that allow smaller optics to be directly inserted into our larger cage systems are also available.

Standard Threads

The flexibility of our Cage Assembly System stems from well-defined mounting and thread standards designed to directly interface with a wide range of specialized products. The three most prevalent thread standards are our SM05 Series (0.535"-40 thread), SM1 Series (1.035"-40 thread), and SM2 Series (2.035"-40 thread), all of which were defined to house the industry's most common optic sizes. Essential building blocks, such as our popular lens tubes, directly interface to these standards.

An example of the standard cage plate measurements determining cage system compatibility.

Standard Cage System Measurements
Cage System	16 mm	30 mm	60 mm
Thread Series	SM05	SM1	SM2
Rod to Rod Spacing	16 mm (0.63")	30 mm (1.18")	60 mm (2.36")
Total Length	25 mm (0.98")	41 mm (1.60")	71.1 mm (2.8")

Cage Components
Cage Rods	16 mm	These rods are used to connect cage plates, optic mounts, and other components in the cage system. The SR Series Cage Rods are compatible with our 16 mm cage systems, while the 30 mm and 60 mm cage systems use ER Series Cage Rods.
	30 mm
	60 mm
Cage Plates	16 mm	These serve as the basic building blocks for a cage system. They may have SM-threaded central bores, smooth bores sized for industry standard optics or to accommodate the outer profile of our SM Series Lens Tubes, or specialized bores for other components such as our FiberPorts.
	30 mm
	60 mm
Optic Mounts	16 mm	Thorlabs offers fixed, kinematic, rotation, and translation mounts specifically designed for our Cage Systems.
	30 mm
	60 mm
Cage Cubes	16 mm	These cubes are useful for housing larger optical components, such as prisms or mirrors, or optics that need to sit at an angle to the beam path, such as beamsplitters. Our cage cubes are available empty or with pre-mounted optics.
	30 mm
	60 mm
Post and Breadboard Mounts and Adapters		Mounting options for cage systems can be found on our Cage System Construction pages. Cage Systems can be mounted either parallel or perpendicular to the table surface.
Size Adapters		Cage System Size Adapters can be used to integrate components from different cage system and threading standards.
Specialized Components		Thorlabs also produces specialized cage components, such as Filter Wheels, a HeNe Laser Mount, and a FiberPort Cage Plate Adapter, allowing a wide range of our products to be integrated into cage-mounted optical systems. Explore our Cage Systems Visual Navigation Guide to see the full range of Thorlabs' cage components.

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Cover Plate for C4W and C6W Cage Cubes
Four #4 Counterbores that Align with Cage Cube; Includes Four 4-40 Cap Screws
8-32 (M4) Post Mounting Tap

The B1C(/M) is a blank cover plate that is designed for the C4W and C6W Cage Cubes. The top has a rubber o-ring that creates a light-tight seal, while the bottom, pictured to the left, has a centered 8-32 (M4) tapped hole for mounting purposes. The B1C(/M) ships with four 4-40 cap screws (3/32" hex).

SM1-Threaded Cover Plate