An automated dipper unit VT-04 serves for vertical translation of an object fixed on arm. The dipper unit can be, for instance, employed for automation of multicycle dipping of a substrate into vessel with liquid at the layer deposition from solutions.

The dipper unit design provides simple routine for an object fixing in a specialized clamp. The clamp has five degrees of freedom to provide the object position necesssay fot user. A possibility of manual rotation of the arm drive axis is supplemented with a possibility to position all the dipper unit on a vertical stand that provides vertical adjustment and rotation relative the stand axis.

For the dipper unit positioning in horizontal plane relative base, XY positioning stage can be employed together with it. Stepper motors of both the dipper unit and XY positioning stage can be driven from the same control program run on host PC.

Dipper unit VT-04 is unified with driving mechanism of microdoser DT-03 that allows their mutual conversion by simple change of the unit front panel.