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Physik Instrumente (PI)

PI Ceramic GmbH

PI Ceramic GmbH

Manufacturer | Germany: PI Ceramic, a PI (Physik Instrumente in Karlsruhe) subsidiary located in Lederhose, Germany, is one of the global leaders for actuator and sensor piezo products. PI Ceramic currently employs over 230 staff, including no...

A Compact Power Package: Q-545 Linear Positioning Stage for Precise Positioning

A Compact Power Package: Q-545 Linear ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): The Q-545 stage series from PI miCos combines high force, a compact design and precise positioning for 13 mm and 26 mm travel ranges. The linear positioning stages’ drive principle is based on the compact,...

2015-04-02
Air Bearings and Positioning Systems: PI Expands its Technological Spectrum for Precision Automation

Air Bearings and Positioning Systems ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): For the first time in Europe, PI (Physik Instrumente) presented positioning systems with air bearing technology at the LASER World of Photonics conference. Together with magnetic direct drives, PI is...

2015-07-30
Assembly line production in a vacuum

Assembly line production in a vacuum

Physik Instrumente (PI): A special challenge for the Eschbach engineers was an assembly line production under vacuum conditions with 10-6 mbar. The fully automated sandwich assembly of a carrier with a precision foil and a counterholder on the...

2012-03-21
Award-winning: PI (Physik Instrumente) as exhibitor from the very beginning – 40 years LASER World of PHOTONICS

Award-winning: PI (Physik Instrumente) as exhibitor ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): Precision is the motto – back then and today. PI (Physik Instrumente) has been an exhibitor for 40 consecutive years at the LASER World of PHOTONICS since 1973. Now the world's leading trade show in laser and photonics...

2013-07-15
Beamline Instrumentation: Compact Linear Stage Positions X-Ray Detectors for Analyzing the Interactions of FEL Synchrotron Radiation with Matter

Beamline Instrumentation: Compact Linear Stage

Physik Instrumente (PI): Benefitting research: A linear stage from PI miCos enables scientists to study phenomena in molecular physics in the femtosecond range. Requirements are quite demanding here: Components for an experiment setup with...

2014-02-03
Bringing together what belongs together: Mixed Operation of up to 40 Axes with One Controller

Bringing together what belongs together ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): During operation, it is often necessary for several drive axes to work together. On top of that, further motion controllers are necessary, which have to be started up individually and must be connected to the higher-level...

2016-05-30
Capacitive Position Sensors and Their Applications

Capacitive Position Sensors and Their Applications

Physik Instrumente (PI): Many application areas today require the highest of measurement accuracies, with resolutions in the nanometer or subnanometer realm. Examples range from semiconductors and biotechnology through quality assurance and...

2009-12-21
Closed-Loop Control: High-Resolution and Stable Linear Actuator Now also Available with Position Sensor

Closed-Loop Control: High-Resolution and ...

Physik Instrumente (PI) has developed a new PiezoMike linear actuator with integrated incremental encoder for the closed-loop adjustment of mechanical and optomechanical components. The N-472 keeps a position with long-term stability and is...

2015-04-08
Compact and Robust Linear Stages at an Affordable Price

Compact and Robust Linear Stages at an ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): The new linear stages in the L-406 series from PI (Physik Instrumente) offer very good performance data on compact installation space: Despite the narrow width of only 65 mm, travel accuracies up to only 0.5 µm are...

2016-05-05
Compact Controller for Hexapods

Compact Controller for Hexapods

Physik Instrumente (PI): Hexapods from PI (Physik Instrumente) are indispensable for high-precision positioning in six axes. The parallel-kinematics Hexapods are offered as a system including a powerful digital controller and comprehensive...

2012-06-21
Compact L-509 Linear Stage Series Ensures Precision for High Duty Cycles

Compact L-509 Linear Stage Series Ensures ...

Physik Instrumente (PI) is introducing a new linear stage series with optional DC motor or stepper motor onto the market. The L-509 is distinguished by its compact design and a load capacity up to 100 N. The linear stages are available...

2016-02-15
Dynamic, Precise and Powerful: The New Digital Controller from PI

Dynamic, Precise and Powerful: The Digital Controller ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): Thanks to its high output power, the digital single-channel con-troller E-709.CHG from PI (Physik Instrumente) provides highly dynamic and nanometer-precise operation of piezo-based stages with high stiffness and...

2013-02-21
Easy Integration of Piezo Components with Flexible Printed Circuits

Easy Integration of Piezo Components with ...

PI Ceramic (PIC): The perfect integration of piezo components into the application is always an important part of the overall product. To make integration as easy as possible for the customer, PI Ceramic now also offers piezo elements with...

2016-08-09
Efficient and Unique – DuraAct Power Piezo Composite Patch Transducer with Multilayer Ceramics Uses d33 Effect

Efficient and Unique – DuraAct Power Piezo ...

PI Ceramic (PIC): The new P-878 DuraAct Power piezo patch transducer from PI Ceramic uses an operating voltage of only -20 to 120 V; with this, it is the only one of its kind on the world market. As all previous DuraAct transducers, the P-878 can...

2013-11-06
Energy Harvesting with Piezo Actuators

Energy Harvesting with Piezo Actuators

PI Ceramic (PIC): Does a machine vibrate? Does a plate or a pipe oscillate? In that case, the released energy could be used to locally supply an electronic component with energy and thus dispense with batteries! In this way, for example, wireless...

2012-06-21
Even More Choice: New Version of the Q-Motion Rotation Stages with 30 mm Diameter

Even More Choice: New Version of the Q-Motion ..

Physik Instrumente (PI): PI miCos expands its range of rotation stages in the Q-Motion product line: The Q-632 has a width of only 32 mm, a height of 10 mm and is ideal for set-ups with limited space. The application spectrum ranges...

2015-08-05
Exact Selection of Energy in a Synchrotron: Piezo Drives Adjust the Angle in the Crystal Monochromator Accurately and Fast

Exact Selection of Energy in a Synchrotron ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): Piezo-based stepping drives from PI (Physik Instrumente) are currently being used on the ID18 beamline at the ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) in Grenoble, France. They shift and position the...

2015-07-27
Fast H-811 Hexapod: Small and Highly Dynamic for Testing Stations in Image Stabilization

Fast H-811 Hexapod: Small and Highly Dynamic ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): Achieving razor-sharp images even without camera support and excluding adverse effects, like trembling hands or vehicle vibration, are important requirements on modern camera systems today. For testing image stabilization...

2014-03-20
Fast Hexapod For Motion Simulation

Fast Hexapod For Motion Simulation

Physik Instrumente (PI): The new H-900KSCO Hexapod from PI (Physik Instrumente) has a rotation range of up to 66° and achieves velocities of 520 mrad/s. It is suitable for use in tool machines, in the automotive industry or shipbuilding, and...

2016-05-10
Fast, Self-Locking, and Silent: Compact Linear Stage with Ultrasonic Piezomotor

Fast, Self-Locking, and Silent: Compact ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): Ultrasonic piezomotors are small, fast, and inexpensive. They are especially suitable for applications with low operating cycles and can also be integrated into mobile measuring and medical devices. Due to their...

2016-05-03
Flexibility in Dimensional Measuring: DYMACO Group uses Hexapod Systems in Automation

Flexibility in Dimensional Measuring: DYMACO ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): The Dimensional Measuring machine DM401 Series of the DYMACO Group is a very compact and flexible workstation for in-line automated dimensional measuring of headlamps in the Automotive Industry. Based on the CAD data of...

2015-04-13
For Dynamic Applications in a Tough Environment: Encapsulated PICMA® Multilayer Actuators with Improved Heat Dissipation

For Dynamic Applications in a Tough Environment

PI Ceramic (PIC): In extreme operating conditions, where oil, splash water or continuously high humidity prevail, the stainless steel encapsulated multilayer piezo actuators ensure the required reliability and lifetime. But if the PICMA®...

2014-04-10
For Travel Ranges to 230 mm: Fast Linear Stage with Nanometer Resolution

For Travel Ranges to 230 mm: Fast Linear Stage

Physik Instrumente (PI): Magnetic direct drives have advantages over the classical motorized, spindle-based solutions in particular with respect to wear and dynamics. Since direct drives largely dispense with mechanical components in the...

2015-08-10
Four Axis Motion Controller: Flexible Device Concept for Specific Adjustments

Four Axis Motion Controller: Flexible Device Concept for ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): The new C-884 motion controller from PI permits a vector movement of positioning systems with DC motors in four axes. The four motor axes are addressed synchronously, start simultaneously and reach the target position at...

2013-02-21
Harvesting energy from vibration

Harvesting energy from vibration

PI Ceramic (PIC): Radio sensors can monitor installations at locations which are difficult to get to and thus support automation. The energy supply is an important consideration in such applications. In order to dispense with the need for...

2012-08-21
Heading for New Shores with

Heading for New Shores with "Silicon Photonics"

Physik Instrumente (PI): With Ignazio Piacentini, the PI Group, a global-scale technology leader for nanometer-precision positioning devices and systems, has gained an expert in the field of photonics, system integration and machine vision for the...

2014-01-07
Hexapod from PI (Physik Instrumente) Obtains CIPA Certification for Use in Image Stabilization Test Equipment

Hexapod from PI (Physik Instrumente) Obtains ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): The miniature and high-dynamics H-811 Hexapod is the only six-axis positioning system that meets the CIPA standard for simulating camera shaking when taking photographs. Producing sharp images without a tripod and...

2015-02-25
Hexapod systems from PI (Physik Instrumente) for ALMA, largest ground-based telescope array in the world

Hexapod systems from PI (Physik Instrumente) for ALMA ...

Physik Instrumente (PI): 50 antennas of the ALMA observatory use high-precision Hex-apods from PI. Under extreme ambient conditions of the Ata-cama Desert, the Hexapods align the sub-reflectors to the large main reflectors of the radio telescopes....

2013-05-21
High Precision on Travel Ranges to 52 mm: N-565 Linear Stage Series with Piezomotor

High Precision on Travel Ranges to 52 mm: N-565

Physik Instrumente (PI) uses piezoelectric stepping drives in the N-565 linear stage series. The drive principle enables repeatability in the range of a few nanometers, high guiding accuracy, and high force in a single compact unit. The linear...

2016-06-03
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