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    PI is a worldwide leading supplier of solutions in the fields of motion and positioning. PI does not only develop and produce a broad range of positioning stages and actuators for linear, rotary and vertical motion or combinations of different axes. PI also adapts those solutions to customer-specific applications or supplies finished subsystems for motion and positioning.
    • PI Namiways
      PI Namiways: China-made Series
    • Nanopositioning Piezo Flexure Stages
      Nanopositioning Piezo Flexure Stages
      • Multi-Axis Piezo Flexure Stages
        Multi-Axis Piezo Flexure Stages
      • PIFOC® Objective & PInano® Sample Scanners for Microscopy
        PIFOC® Objective & PInano® Sample Scanners for Microscopy
      • Linear Piezo Flexure Stages
        Linear Piezo Flexure Stages
      • XY Piezo Flexure Stages
        XY Piezo Flexure Stages
      • Piezo Flexure Tilting Mirrors
        Piezo Flexure Tilting Mirrors
    • Miniature Stages
      Miniature Stages
      • Miniature Linear Stages
        Miniature Linear Stages
      • Miniature Rotation Stages
        Miniature Rotation Stages
      • Miniature Hexapods
        Miniature Hexapods
    • Linear Stages
      Linear Stages
      • Stages with PIMag® Magnetic Direct-Drive Linear Motor
        Stages with PIMag® Magnetic Direct-Drive Linear Motor
      • Stages with Stepper, DC & Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors
        Stages with Stepper, DC & Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors
      • Vertical Stages with Stepper, DC & Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors
        Vertical Stages with Stepper, DC & Brushless DC (BLDC) Motors
      • Miniature Linear Stages
        Miniature Linear Stages
    • Linear Actuators
      Linear Actuators
      • PiezoMike for Long-Term Stability
        PiezoMike for Long-Term Stability
      • Linear Actuators with Stepper & DC Servo Motors
        Linear Actuators with Stepper & DC Servo Motors
      • PIMag® VC Voice Coil Actuators with High Dynamics & Force Control Option
        PIMag® VC Voice Coil Actuators with High Dynamics & Force Control Option
      • PiezoMove Lever Actuators
        PiezoMove Lever Actuators
      • Nanopositioning Piezo Actuators
        Nanopositioning Piezo Actuators
      • PiezoWalk® Actuators with High Force & Stability
        PiezoWalk® Actuators with High Force & Stability
    • Rotation Stages
      Rotation Stages
      Requirements for rotary motion show a very broad range of different sizes, load capacity, and positioning accuracy. PI offers stages with all kinds of motorization and guiding options: air-bearing, torque motor driven, motorized worm-gear coupled, tiny piezomotor stages and specialized goniometer stages with orthogonal tip-tilt mounting option.
    • XY Stages
      XY Stages
      Stability, precision and dynamics are crucial in the application fields of PI’s XY stages. They are the basis of high throughput rates and reliable operation. PI makes use of own developments in the fields of PIMag® magnetic linear motors and PIglide air bearings. Industrial production and quality control benefit from PI’s high-load XY stages and planar scanners.
    • Hexapods
      Hexapods
      Hexapods provide 6 degrees of freedom in the most compact package. In combination with absolute measuring sensors, software and motion controllers that make the most complicated motion profiles easy to command, PI hexapods answer industrial requirements.
    • Engineered Systems
      Engineered Systems
      Precision components, stable control and a great deal of experience in engineering are essential for high-precision complex motion and positioning solutions. PI is a supplier of technologically sophisticated drive components and high-precision positioners and also offers all levels of integration up to the turnkey solution.
    • Fast Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment
      Fast Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment Systems
      Piezo scanners take care of fast, continuous scanning tasks, where durability, dynamics, and precision matter. The larger travel ranges are realized with XYZ combinations or 6-axis hexapods. The high-performance controllers control all axes using firmware-based routines for simultaneous optimization of several inputs and outputs. Integrated routines make it possible to perform single-axis alignments up to complex, multi-axis fiber array positioning within the shortest possible time.
    • Piezoelectric Transducers & Actuators
      Piezoelectric Transducers & Actuators
      Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers are available in a wide range of shapes like disks, plates or tubes, and different performance levels. They can be adapted to application requirements by using different piezoceramic materials, electrodes, and assembling technology. They are present wherever ultrasound is needed, like in flow metering, structural monitoring, and many medical applications.
    • Air Bearings & Stages
      Air Bearings & Stages
      Air bearing stages are used where vibration-free motion is required, velocity needs to be highly constant, and optimum angular repeatability is requested.
    • Controllers & Drivers
      Controllers & Drivers
      • Nanopositioning Piezo Controllers
        Nanopositioning Piezo Controllers
      • Piezo Drivers for Open-Loop Operation of Piezo Actuators
        Piezo Drivers for Open-Loop Operation of Piezo Actuators
      • Motion Controllers & Drivers for Linear, Torque, Stepper & DC Servo Motors
        Motion Controllers & Drivers for Linear, Torque, Stepper & DC Servo Motors
      • Controllers & Drivers for Piezomotors
        Controllers & Drivers for Piezomotors
      • Controller Systems for Multiple Axes & Mixed Drive Types
        Controller Systems for Multiple Axes & Mixed Drive Types
      • Hexapod Motion Controllers
        Hexapod Motion Controllers
      • ACS Motion Control
        ACS Motion Control for Industrial Applications
        We recommend the controllers of our partner, ACS Motion Control especially for automation with industrial standards. Ask us about your integrated solution!
    • Sensors, Components & Accessories
      Sensors, Components & Accessories
  • Applications
    Applications & Markets
    PI positioning systems are employed where technology is pushed forward in industry and research. This is done, for example, in semiconductor manufacturing, in medical engineering, in biotechnology, in plant engineering, in surface metrology, or in astronomy.
    • Hexapods Support Industrial Robots
      Hexapods Support Industrial Robots
      Because the need for multi-axis and also precision robots in production and quality processes is on the increase, industry is looking out for new types of robotics. PI offers parallel-kinematic hexapods for these tasks.
    • Scientific Instrumentation
      Scientific Instrumentation
      The term "scientific instrumentation" covers a variety of different applications, starting with microscopy via beamline processes through to the wide field of laboratory automation.
      • Hexapod Systems for ALMA
        Hexapod Systems for ALMA
        Under the extreme conditions of the Atacama Desert, PI hexapods align the subreflectors to the large main reflectors of the ALMA radio telescopes.
      • Double-Crystal Monochromator
        Double-Crystal Monochromator for an X-Ray Spectrometer
        The PI Beamline Instrumentation division’s aim is to develop application oriented solutions, e.g., this monochromator for an X-ray spectrometer.
      • Materials Research in High Vacuum
        Materials Research in High Vacuum
        PI provides standard and custom high vacuum compatible positioning systems for materials research with high-energy X-rays.
      • Active Vibration Isolation with Piezo Actuators
        Active Vibration Isolation with Piezo Actuators
        Active vibration isolation reduces settling times, increases precision in measurement and production sequences and achieves high throughput rates.
      • Drive Technology for the E-ELT
        Drive Technology for the E-ELT
        The European - Extremely Large Telescope, in short E-ELT, is the largest terrestrial telescope for scientific evaluation of electromagnetic radiation.
    • Semiconductor Technology
      Semiconductor Technology
      Lithographic processes are the reason why chips are getting smaller and smaller and why extremely fine structures can be realized on silicon wafers. Piezo drives have made these technical advances possible with their performance and reliability.
    • Microscopy
      Microscopy
      Imaging processes increase efficiency across a number of fields, ranging from medical engineering to pharmaceutical research and manufacturing of semiconductors.
      • Atomic Force Microscopy
        AFM Scanner for Atomic Force Microscopy
        Specimen positioning on AFM scanners for atomic force microscopy is performed with piezo-based scanning stages which thus play a key role.
      • High-Speed Microscopy
        High-Speed Microscopy for Quality Control
        Specimen positioning on AFM scanners for atomic force microscopy is performed with piezo-based scanning stages which thus play a key role.
      • White light interferometry
        3-D Surface Inspection With Piezo-Based Positioning Systems from PI
        High-resolution camera systems are combined with white light interferometry for 3-D surface inspection with picometer resolution.
        Lens Positioning for 3-D Surface Inspection
    • Silicon Photonics
      Silicon Photonics
      Silicon photonics allows data rates into theTbit/s range and is therefore suitable for computer-aided services that require the highest possible transmission speeds.
      • Photonics Packaging
        Automated Photonics Packaging
        An automated assembly and alignment system can reduce the manufacturing process for silicon photonics to only a few minutes. However, handling the delicate waveguides is indeed a major challenge as the integration of the light sources at a wafer level and connection of the optical inputs and outputs are difficult to perform.
      • Optical Fiber Alignment
        Simultaneous Testing of Optical Components in Silicon Photonics
        Silicon photonics presents new challenges for the production of components as well as testing and slicing the wafers.
    • Medical Technology
      Medical Technology
      Progress in pharmaceutical research, diagnostics, and therapy requires high-performance and precise position systems. In addition to high positioning precision, requirements for the drives often include compact dimensions, low energy consumption, speed, and high reliability.
      • Endoscopy
        Chip-on-the-Tip Video Endoscopes with Miniature Drives
        Piezomotors and magnetic miniature drives offer the option of better focus and zoom functions in chip-on-the-tip video endoscopes.
      • Ophthalmology
        High-Precision Drives in Ophthalmic Surgery
        The control and focusing of laser beams in ophthalmic surgery requires accurate positioning systems, such as piezo-driven tip/tilt mirror systems.
      • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
        Nonsensitive Drives for Magnetic Resonance Therapy
        Piezo drives are well suited for magnetic resonance therapy, because they are not influenced by strong magnetic fields.
      • Optical Coherence Tomography
        Piezo Technology and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
        Piezo actuators and drives, e.g., PILine® OEM motors, ensure the high precision and position stability required for optical coherence tomography (OCT).
      • Pipetting
        Piezomotors for Pipetting and Nanodispensing
        Piezomotors are suited for pipetting with small devices and sample separations and are able to move the pipettes in the vertical direction.
      • Precision Dosing
        Dynamic Drives for Precision Dosing with Nanodispensers
        Piezo actuators are ideal for precision dosing with nanodispensers: They can switch valves directly, and can also work against a closing spring.
      • Micropumps
        Piezoelectric Micropumps – Compact Design and High Performance
        Piezoelectric micro-diaphragm pumps offer high performance on small space – the drives allow a continuous flow and a variable flow rate.
      • Image Stabilization
        Image Stabilization and Microscanning with Piezo Scanners
        Fast, piezo-based scanners operate with the necessary velocities in the video frequency range for image stabilization and microscanning.
      • Confocal Microscopy
        Adjustment of the Focal Planes in Confocal Microscopy
        Confocal microscopy is used to detect the structure of the sample surface through the shifting of the focal plane, for example in dermatology.
      • Adaptive Diaphragm Positioning
        Adaptive Diaphragm Positioning
        In radiation therapy, the individual leaves are adjusted so that the healthy tissue offers the optimum protection from the radiation.
    • Materials Research
      Materials Research
      Efficiency has become an important buzzword these days. Materials research has paid a major contribution as the results have, for example, optimized processing methods. Methods such as X-rays and lasers or white light interferometry demand precise positioning of the specimens to be examined and of optics or beam control.
      • Parallel Kinematics for Materials Research
        High-Load Parallel Kinematics for Materials Research
        The high-energy X-rays at beamlines provide numerous possibilities for materials research, such as checking welding seams of workpieces.
      • Laser Beam Control
        Piezo Drives for Laser Beam Control
        Lasers are tools that can be used in many areas of application. At the same time, the laser beam control requires precision, dynamics, and reliability.
    • Mechanical Engineering
      Mechanical Engineering
      Mechanical engineering and manufacturing technology require fast, reliable and energy-saving drive components. The spectrum ranges from piezo actuators to six-axis parallel kinematics which can communicate directly with CNC controls.
      • Electrical Discharge Machining
        Piezo Actuators Accelerate Electrical Discharge Machining
        Precision components are manufactured using electrical discharge machining, often in large numbers. Vibrating piezo actuators make a crucial contribution here.
      • Hexapods in Mechanical Engineering
        Hexapods in Mechanical Engineering
        PI hexapod 6-axis positioning systems can handle loads from 2 kg to several tons. Ideal for precision mechanical engineering applications.
    • Automation
      Automation
      Piezo drives, magnetic direct drives, and hexapods are part and parcel of automation today. They operate precisely and reliably and have proven themselves under rugged conditions.
      • Smarter Motion Positioning
        Smarter Motion Positioning
        Positioning and motion tasks in industrial automation such as those in assembly, semiconductor manufacturing, mechanical engineering, laser material processing, inspection systems or in additive manufacturing demand solutions that need to be robust and reliable.
      • Hexapods in Microproduction
        Hexapods in Microproduction
        What do optical components and glass fibers in photonics, mobile devices, and high-quality wristwatches all have in common?
      • Hexapods for Quality Assurance
        Hexapods for Quality Assurance
        Microproduction technology makes high-precision positioning systems absolutely necessary for both assembly and quality assurance.
      • Magnetic Direct Drives
        Magnetic Direct Drives
        Magnetic direct drives, which include voice-coil actuators and linear drives, are often predestined here as the best solutions for many reasons.
      • Motion Simulation with Hexapods
        Motion Simulation with Hexapods
        Motion simulation with hexapods with CIPA certificate from PI (Physik Instrumente) – vibrating tables are used for testing resistance to vibration.
      • Flexibility in Dimensional Measuring
        Hexapod Systems in Automation
        Hexapods allow for an outstanding flexibility for a variety of samples of in-line automation systems by minimizing the space for motion robotics.
      • Motion Compensation with Hexapods
        Motion Compensation with Hexapods
        Dynamic hexapods with piezo drives: Best conditions for motion compensation.
      • Fast Piezo Ultrasonic Drives Advance Technology
        Fast Piezo Ultrasonic Drives Advance Technology
        When increased demands are placed on an application, ultrasonic piezo motors can prove to be a good alternative, as they can be used in many ways.
    • Beamline Instrumentation
      Beamline Instrumentation
      Scientific experiments pose their own challenges, and beamline X-ray experiments are even more special in themselves. However, the need for precision equipment is universal.
      • Tomography Equipment
        Tomography Equipment
      • Synchrotron Spectroscopy in Vacuum
        Synchrotron Spectroscopy in Vacuum
      • Beam Preparation
        Beam Preparation
      • Sample Positioning for Tomography
        Sample Positioning for Tomography
      • Microscopy
        Microscopy
      • Accelerator Technology
        Accelerator Technology
        Dynamic compensation of Lorentz forces at the XFEL accelerator structures: The particle accelerator XFEL at the DESY (German Electron Synchrotron) uses acceleration technology based on super-conducting acceleration structures, so-called resonators or cavities.
  • Technology
    Know-How & Technology
    PI combines its long-term experience in micro and nanopositioning technology with in-depth knowledge in the fields of mechanics, electronics, sensor engineering, and software. Thus, PI is able to offer its customers the most advanced drive technologies and system solutions.
    • Piezo Technology
      Piezo Technology
      PI Ceramic offers a wealth of experience in the manufacturing of piezoceramic materials, components, and actuators. The piezoceramic materials can be adapted individually to perfectly fit the later use of the piezo components.
      • Fundamentals of Piezo Technology
        Fundamentals of Piezo Technology
        Physical basics and explanations of piezo electricity and electromechanics.
      • Properties of Piezo Actuators
        Properties of Piezo Actuators
        Characteristics of piezoceramic actuators: Displacement modes, forces and stiffnesses, dynamics. Ambient conditions.
      • Piezoceramic Materials
        Piezoceramic Materials
        PI Ceramic offers a variety of different piezoelectric materials including lead-free materials.
      • Manufacturing Technology
        Manufacturing Technology
        PI Ceramic offers a wide range of manufacturing technologies: Pressing or tape technology, assembling technology and testing procedures.
      • PICMA® Technology
        PICMA® Technology
        Highly reliable and extended lifetime through the patented manufacturing process for multilayer actuators.
      • Integrated Piezo Actuators
        Integrated Piezo Actuators
        To avoid pull forces, these piezo elements are provided with a mechanical preload in mechanical cases or by means of flexure joints.
    • Piezoelectric Drives
      Piezoelectric Drives
      Depending on the configuration and control, piezoceramic actuators can be used to create translational motions or as motors with a virtually unlimited travel range. The choice of drive depends on the requirements of the application.
      • Piezo Actuators
        Piezo Actuators with and without Guiding
        Piezoelectric actuators offer subnanometer resolution and very short response times, making them ideally suitable for nanometer-precision positioning at high dynamics.
      • PiezoWalk® Walking Drives
        PiezoWalk® Walking Drives
        PiezoWalk® drives were developed more than 10 years ago for the semiconductor industry, a demanding industry when it comes to reliability, position resolution and long-term stability.
      • PILine® Ultrasonic Piezomotors
        PILine® Ultrasonic Piezomotors
        Ultrasonic piezomotors dispense with the mechanical complexity of classical rotary motor/gear/leadscrew combinations in favor of costs and reliability.
      • Piezo Inertia Drives
        Piezo Inertia Drives
        Inertia Drives are space-saving and low-cost piezo-based drives with relatively high holding forces and a travel range that is only limited by the length of the runner.
      • PiezoMike Linear Actuators
        PiezoMike Linear Actuators
        Compact, low-cost inertia drive principle (stick-slip). When at rest, the drive is self-locking, requires no current and generates no heat. It holds the position with maximum force.
      • Comparison: Piezo Motors & Drive Technologies
        Comparison: Piezo Motors & Drive Technologies
        PIs drive technologies in comparison: Piezo motors, stepping drives, ultrasonic drives, and piezo inertia drives.
    • Electromagnetic Drives
      Electromagnetic Drives
      Rotating electric motors such as DC or stepper motors are used in connection with screw or worm drives. Stepper motor systems with high-resolution encoders can perform minimum incremental motions of 10 nm with high reliability and repeatability.
      • Rotating Electric Motors
        Rotating Electric Motors from PI
        Rotating electric motors such as DC or stepper motors are used in connection with screw or worm drives.
      • PIMag® Magnetic Direct Drives
        PIMag® Magnetic Direct Drives
        In particular in terms of wear and dynamics, magnetic direct drives offer advantages compared to common spindle-based technologies.
      • PIMag® 6-D Magnetic Levitation
        PIMag® 6-D Magnetic Levitation at Six Levels of Freedom
        PIMag® 6-D is an electromagnetic positioning system in which the passive platform levitates on a magnetic field and is actively guided by it.
      • Hybrid Concept
        Piezo & Motor Hybrid Concept
        In the hybrid concept, the DC servo motor (large travel ranges) and the piezo drive (nanometer accuracy) are combined with one another.
    • Parallel Kinematics
      Parallel Kinematics
      In a parallel-kinematic, multi-axis system, all actuators act directly on a single moving platform. This means that all axes can be designed with identical dynamic properties, thus reducing the moved mass considerably. Hexapods are used for moving and precision positioning, aligning and displacing loads in all six degrees of freedom, i.e., three linear and three rotational axes.
      • Parallel Kinematics
        Piezo Positioning Systems with Parallel Kinematics
        In a parallel-kinematic, multi-axis system, all actuators act directly on a single moving platform.
      • Multi-Axis Positioners
        Multi-Axis Positioners and Stewart Platforms
        Hexapod platforms are used for precision positioning and alignment of loads in all six degrees of freedom, three linear axes, and three rotational axes.
      • Hexapod as Motion Simulator
        Hexapod as Motion Simulator
        Motion simulators have higher motion dynamics requirements (shakers).
      • Software for Hexapods
        Hexapod 6-Axis Motion Controller and Software
        Due to their parallel kinematic structure, hexapods necessitate a particularly complex control system.
    • Sensor Technologies
      Sensor Technologies
      The linearity and repeatability achieved are not possible without highest-resolution measuring devices. Accuracies in the range of a few nanometers and below require a position measurement method that can also detect motion in this range.
      • Capacitive Sensors
        Capacitance Nanosensors
        Capacitive sensors are the metrology system of choice for the most demanding nanopositioning applications.
      • Incremental Sensors
        Linear Scale Encoders for Nanometrology & Nanopositioning
        PI uses incremental measurement systems for longer travel ranges, starting from approximately one millimeter. These sensors, which in most cases are optical sensors, achieve position resolution down to the picometer range.
      • PIOne Optical Nanometrology Encoder
        PIOne Optical Nanometrology Encoder
        The PIOne high-resolution linear sensor developed by PI ensures a position resolution of far less than one nanometer with adequate measurement analysis.
      • Comparison: Position Sensor Technologies
        Comparison: Nanopositioning Sensor Technologies
        Positioning systems that need to provide accuracies in the range of a few nanometers and below require a position measurement technique that can also detect motion in this range.
    • Controllers & Software
      Controllers & Software
      Fast settling or extremely smooth low speed motion, high positional stability, high resolution and high dynamics – the requirements placed on piezo systems vary greatly and need drivers and controllers with a high degree of flexibility.
      • Digital & Analog Interfaces
        Digital & Analog Interfaces
        Fast USB or TCP/IP interfaces as well as RS-232 are the standard interfaces supported by modern digital controllers from PI. Furthermore, PI also provides digital or analog real-time capable interfaces.
      • Control of Piezo Actuators
        Piezo Controllers & Drivers for Nanopositioning Systems
        Characteristic properties of piezo actuators include high feed forces and fast response. Since piezoelectric actuators react to even the smallest change in voltage with a motion, noise or drift in the control must be avoided.
      • Digital Motion Controllers
        Digital Motion Controllers
        Digital technology opens up possibilities for improving performance in control engineering which do not exist with conventional analog technology.
      • Software
        Motion Control Software from PI
        All positioning systems from Physik Instrumente (PI) and piezo and motion controllers and drivers are supported by a solid software package.
    • Guiding Systems & Force Transmission
      Guiding Systems & Force Transmission
      Flexure joints, mechanical guide components or magnetic bearings? Which kind of guiding system PI uses in its products depends on parameters such as travel range, required precision, load, lifetime, and ambient conditions.
      • Classical Guiding Systems
        Comparison: Classical Guiding Systems and Force Transmission
        Positioners with travel ranges from several millimeters to one meter usually utilize traditional mechanical guide components such as ball bearings.
      • Flexure Guiding Systems
        Flexure Guiding Systems for Nanopositioning & Piezo Actuators
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Beam Preparation

PI Design Double Monochromator ID18

Double-Crystal Monochromator for an X-Ray Spectrometer

The PI Beamline Instrumentation division’s aim is to develop application oriented solutions, e.g., this monochromator for an X-ray spectrometer. Learn more
Optics Hutch Instrumentation

Optics Hutch Instrumentation

At DESY in Hamburg, the P05 Imaging Beamline is operated by the HZG. Learn more
SSRF-Photon-Delivery-System

Slit Control

XZ positioning systems control x-xay slits at the the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai (SSRF). Learn more

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