Physik Instrumente (PI), a company with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, has stood for technical excellence and continuous progress in precision positioning for a number of decades. The target of the PI Group is to develop this market and...
Physik Instrumente (PI): "The Laser World of Photonics has shown that our technology spectrum for precision positioning is unique", said Dr. Karl Spanner, President of the PI Group. "The immediate approval of the visitors for...
Physik Instrumente (PI): What does it take for humans and technology to make it to the top? What is their driving force? What distinguishes a suc-cessful product from others? In its video "The Graceful Elegance of Precision", PI (Physik...
Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, the manufacturer of high-precision positioning systems, appointed new managing directors in April 2012 as part of the company's succession planning. Norbert Ludwig, Dr. Peter Schittenhelm, and Markus...
Physik Instrumente (PI) has acquired the majority holding in the Dutch company Applied Laser Technology (ALT) with objective of increasing the market share in the high-tech industries in the Benelux countries. Since its foundation over 30 years...
PI Ceramic (PIC) now manufactures two new ring chips in multilayer technology with 12 mm outer diameter, 6 mm inner diameter, and 16 mm outer diameter, 8 mm inner diameter, as well as an overall height of 2.5 mm. The travel range is...
PI Ceramic publishes its new product catalog "Piezoelectric Actuators - Components, Technologies, Operation". The new edition contains all standard products in the area of piezo actuators as well as detailed information on the principles of piezo...
PI Ceramic (PIC): Thanks to a new type of production technology, multilayer bender actuators can be manufactured in large quantities with almost any desired contours and dimensions. Even unusual shapes such as trapezoid and internal holes with a...
PI Ceramic (PIC): The PICMA® Bender product line now offers a disk-shaped, multilayer piezo bending actuator. PI Ceramic manufactures the Ø 44 × 0.65 mm bending actuator for a displacement of up to 270 µm. The all-ceramic insulation is still...
PI Ceramic now manufactures PICMA® chip actuators with the dimensions 10 mm × 10 mm × 2 mm. These ultra-compact piezo actuators attain forces of up to 2000 N with a displacement of 2.2 µm. The chip actuators complete the series of miniature...
AMSYS GmbH & Co. KG announces cooperation with MP–Sensor and introduces an extremely compact pressure switch with IO-Link. The PICO pressure switch measures pressures from -1 to 12 bar and can also be used as a manometer thanks to its...
microsonic GmbH: The pico+TF sensors are the smallest chemically-resistant ultrasonic sensors available from microsonic. With four different detection ranges, they cover a measurement range of 20 mm to 1.3 m. They are available with both analogue...
Physik Instrumente (PI) offers shorter lead times for selected piezo-based positioning systems and nanopositioning controllers. This enables even faster prototype set-up and faster integration of products into the application environment for...
PI Ceramic has added PICMA® Stack multilayer piezo actuators that are encapsulated in a stainless steel casing to its standard product range. The encapsulation guarantees the reliability and superior lifetime of the multilayer piezo actuators...
HBM: The measurement technology specialist HBM has expanded its range of piezoelectric force washers and now provides CFW type force washers with nominal ranges of up to 700 kN. The different types now cover nominal ranges from 20 kN to 700 kN,...
HBM: The piezoelectric force washers in the CFW series produced by the measurement technology specialist HBM have proven themselves in numerous applications since their introduction. The complete delivery with centering rings and plug protection...
PCB Piezotronics, Inc.(PCB®) has introduced Model 482C54, a compact, full-featured, benchtop signal conditioner for ICP®, IEPE, and charge output piezoelectric sensors. The...
PI Ceramic (PIC) also manufactures piezoelectric spheres and hemispheres in miniature format. The spheres are suitable for ultrasonic applications that require 360° sensing and are used for example, in medical technology. Piezoelectric...
Physik Instrumente (PI): The new N-470 linear actuator from PI (Physik Instrumente) simplifies the automated adjustment of mechanical and optomechanical components. This actuator can be subsequently integrated into conventional mirror holders or...
Physik Instrumente (PI): The extremely cost-efficient and compact P-604 lever actuator supplements the portfolio of the PiezoMove® series. The linear actuator achieves a travel range of 300 µm and is exclusively designed for open-loop operation....
Kistler: In contrast to many other pressure sensors, it is possible to measure hot media up to 300 °C directly with the RH High-Pressure, High-Temperature Sensor. The unique construction with a special silicon measuring cell does not require any...
First Sensor presents its new piezoresistive low differential pressure sensors of the HTD series with measuring ranges from 1 mbar to 7 bar. The very small and flat sensors with a footprint of only 8 x 13 mm and a height of <7 mm are ideal for...
Pewatron is offering a new range of pressure sensors. The PHPSD series are piezoresistive pressure sensors with a measuring range of 0...10 mbar up to 7 bar. These sensors are available with or without temperature compensation and amplifier, as...
First Sensor presents the new Sensortechnics HRO pressure sensors for gage and differential pressure measurement in a wide range from 10 mbar up to10 bar (4 inH2O to 150 psi) full scale. The robust HRO pressure sensors are calibrated and...
Metallux: A new generation of stainless-steel piezoresistive pressure sensors has been introduced by Metallux AG as series SPS 3000/3001. Next to the classical monolithic standard type, these sensors offer a process-connection which is directly...
Kistler: The PiezoSmart automatic sensor identification system is available not only for piezoelectric and piezoresistive pressure sensors but also for accelerometers. It is based on the IEEE 1451.4 transducer electronic data sheet (TEDS)...
Kistler: The Kistler Group has announced the global market launch of Kistler Type 8766A(x), a triaxial PiezoStar accelerometer in a very small cube with 3,7 g mass, designed for accurate measurement of frequency events from 0,5 … 10 000 Hz. The...
Kistler: The Type 8766A… accelerometer uses Kistler’s PiezoStar shear element design which provides wide operating frequency range and extremely low sensitivity to temperature changes. The IEPE sensor combines PiezoStar crystals and integral...
SONOTEC: The ultrasonic pig detector SONOPIPE 12 was developed for pig detection in pipelines. It controls the section of cleaning- and testing pigs in pipes for oil, liquid gases and water. The advantage of this easy and reliable method is the...
Physik Instrumente (PI): Flexible Modular Principle for Precision Positioning – With its PIHera P-620 series, PI (Physik Instrumente) offers piezo-based positioning systems for versatile applications. With travel ranges from 50 µm...
