PI Ceramic (PIC): With the new ring actuator, composed of annular PICMA® chip multilayer piezo actuators, dimensions and travel ranges can be flexibly scaled. For initial sampling or small quantities, PI Ceramic offers multilayer actuators that...
PI Ceramic (PIC) expands the standard dimensions of round multilayer piezo actuators. They are now available in the lengths 8.5 mm, 16 mm or 36 mm and provide travel ranges of 5.5 µm to 25 µm. Their outer diameter is 8 mm with a 4.5 mm diameter...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Physik Instrumente (PI): The new PIVeriMove simulation software from PI (Physik Instrumente) increases the operational safety of Hexapod systems. With their six degrees of freedom, PI's parallel-kinematics Hexapod systems allow for a flexible...
Physik Instrumente (PI): Magnetic direct drives have advantages when compared to classical spindle-based solutions, especially with respect to wear and dynamics. Since they largely dispense with mechanical components, there is hardly any friction,...
Physik Instrumente (PI): The new MCS XY stage from PI miCos for industrial measurement technology combines high guiding and positioning accuracy with loads of up to 20 kg and high dynamics. Its areas of applications include industrial surface...
PI Ceramic (PIC): Clean layout and improved access and navigation: The new website of PI Ceramic GmbH has a modern design with updated contents and extended services. The clear structure of the website facilitates an intuitive orientation and...
Physik Instrumente (PI) now offers a series of six pre-configured heavy‑duty Hexapods for precision assembly. This enables PI to cover a large range of applications with standard solutions. The six-axis positioning systems are available for...
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...
Physik Instrumente (PI): In a demonstration setup, PI (Physik Instrumente) shows how fast and precise XYZ stages are able to achieve parallel fiber alignment on the input and output side. Silicon photonics creates new challenges both for the...
Physik Instrumente (PI) has now introduced vacuum-compatible versions of the LPS-24 series: Under vacuum conditions down to 10-6 hPa, the miniature stages of only 24 mm in width achieve a sub-nanometer resolution over a travel range of 15 mm....
Physik Instrumente (PI) has introduced the new LPS-24 series. At only 24 × 33 × 20 mm³, these new miniature positioning stages provide a travel range of 15 mm with nanometer-precision resolution. The LPS-24 stages fulfil important requirements...
PI Ceramic (PIC) now manufactures piezo components as hemispheres and hollow spheres. These types of components are particularly suitable for use as 360° transmitters such as those used in sonar technology. Piezo components from PI Ceramic are...
Physik Instrumente (PI): Piezo-based nanopositioning systems are known for their high precision. However, this is not self-evident since the motion characteristics of piezo actuators are by no means linear. This must be compensated by suitable...
Physik Instrumente (PI): Piezo-based ultrasonic drives ensure high dynamics and compact dimensions in positioning systems. An integral part of the philosophy behind the PILine® drives from PI (Physik Instrumente) is the flexibility to respond...
