peak vertical equivalent compensation per module
First product
LFM-280 OEM Lift-Field Module
A sealed lift-field module for industrial OEMs building lift-assisted machines, material handling cells, and precision payload platforms. It is designed for bounded factory cells, not open-air flight.
Vendor model
Buy the module, controller, and software stack as a subsystem.
The LFM-280 is not a finished vehicle or warehouse robot. It is an OEM subsystem: hardware, controller, software, qualification artifacts, and field engineering packaged so customer teams can build their own lift-enabled products.
Elythen sells development kits first, then production module allocations once a partner completes payload-envelope validation, safety review, and application-specific controls integration.
In practice, a sale looks less like ordering a component from a catalog and more like qualifying a new motion axis: application notes, fixture drawings, test masses, fault drills, field logs, and a narrow bill of materials that grows only after the cell behaves.
command-to-field rise time under nominal coolant flow
maximum DC bus input for high-duty industrial arrays
Mechanical architecture
A tileable lift-field cell, not a free-space lifter.
LFM modules create bounded payload compensation volumes above the chassis. Inertia, collision risk, floor loading, and restraint design still matter, so every deployment is validated as a supervised industrial cell.
Specification sheet
Compensated load
0-28 kN vertical equivalent per module; 22 kN continuous above baseline derate, subject to payload envelope
Active lift volume
2.4 m x 1.6 m x 1.1 m nominal, stackable into tiled arrays with shared boundary calibration
Lift response
<80 ms command-to-field rise, <12 ms emergency decay into passive support mode
Input power
650-900 VDC bus, 110 kW continuous, 420 kW peak for 9 s pulse windows
Module mass
310 kg dry mass including cavity stack, drive electronics, sensors, and structural shell
Envelope
1240 mm x 840 mm x 180 mm sealed chassis; top-load rated to 14 kN static contact
Cooling
Water-glycol loop, 12 L/min nominal, 38 C preferred inlet, 55 C max outlet, dual leak isolation valves
Interfaces
EtherCAT, TSN Ethernet, CAN-FD service bus, dual STO, safety PLC hardline, signed policy updates
Sensors
6-axis IMU, optical height array, thermal lattice probes, coil current monitors, fluxgate edge sensors
Environment
IP54 industrial enclosure, -10 C to 45 C operating, 5-95% RH non-condensing
Integration stack
One supplier boundary from physics cell to OEM application.
Elythen keeps the unstable field-control problem inside its module, controller, and evidence boundary. OEM partners own the finished product, mechanical tooling, operator interface, site installation, and customer safety case.
Module layer
Lift-field tiles, embedded sensors, drive coils, and cooling infrastructure are delivered as sealed modules.
Controller layer
ELC controllers enforce payload envelopes, interlocks, decay behavior, and approved ramp limits locally.
Software layer
Atlas and FieldSim let OEM teams model arrays, replay telemetry, and qualify operating policies before deployment.
OEM layer
Customer machines provide tooling, human-machine interfaces, safety fencing, and application-specific motion logic.
Qualification gates
Production access starts when the evidence is boring.
The LFM-280 program is structured around proof artifacts that a partner's mechanical, safety, and operations teams can inspect. Elythen does not reserve production capacity until those artifacts exist.
Payload envelope file
Mass properties, center-of-gravity migration, permitted approach vectors, fixture contact points, and maximum compensated impulse are frozen before live testing.
Fault behavior review
Every pilot runs power loss, coolant loss, sensor disagreement, emergency stop, and policy-rejection drills against passive supports and operator lockouts.
Evidence package
Partners receive signed run logs, calibration certificates, thermal derate curves, null-channel traces, and a hazard log mapped to their own machine architecture.
Development kit
Qualification starts with bounded pilot hardware.
Two LFM-280 modules with matched drive electronics
ELC-8 controller with Anchor Runtime safety monitor
Atlas simulation seats and Partner SDK access
Cooling manifold, safety harness, and calibrated mass fixtures
Factory acceptance test report and baseline hazard log
Known limits
The module is useful because the operating box is explicit.
Not approved for passenger lift, public rides, or unrestrained outdoor motion.
Requires fixed exclusion zones, passive catches, local safety PLC integration, and site-specific floor review.
Lift compensation is payload-envelope specific; new fixtures or mass distributions require requalification.
Peak operation is duty-cycle limited by coolant temperature, drive bus headroom, and field-stability margin.
Pilot access
Bring lift-field capability into your next platform program.
Elythen works with OEM engineering teams on bounded pilot cells, module integration, safety evidence, and pre-production validation.