Optical Components, Coatings & Materials Features
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Lenses For Battery Inspection
8/7/2023
Lenses and vision technologies enable automated battery quality inspection, which can reduce production time and improve battery quality.
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Aspheric Lens Irregularity And Strehl Ratio
7/31/2023
Different lens manufacturing techniques create unique surface errors impacting Strehl ratio. Understanding these effects helps avoid costly overspecification while meeting desired specifications for aspheres.
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Common Micro Optics Questions, Explained
7/28/2023
Micro-optics within the micro injection molding space require expert engineering and experience. Our resident micro optics engineer, Rick Brown, encounters the following common questions.
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Imaging Systems On The Perseverance Mars Rover
7/28/2023
NASA's Mars missions have found evidence of past water on the Red Planet. The Perseverance rover and its 23 cameras are exploring its surface for signs of ancient life, studying its history, and assessing the potential for human colonization.
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Superpolished Optics
7/20/2023
Superpolished optics are ideal for sensitive laser applications such as cavity ring-down systems for gas analysis, laser gyroscopes, and other systems requiring low-defect optics.
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7 Reasons Why Air Bearings Outperform Mechanical Bearings
7/20/2023
Air bearings provide significant advantages in high-velocity motion applications and precision positioning, especially in 24/7 automation applications with high uptime and reliability requirements.
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Open, Modular, Technology-Agnostic Control Platform For Various Drive Types And Applications
7/19/2023
Dr. Julien Mintenbeck, our Head of Platform Development Electronics, gives insights into the genesis and current state of PI's modular control platform.
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Magnetic Levitation For The Next Level Of Precision Motion And Control
7/19/2023
“What makes magnetic levitation so unique is the contactless virtual bearing we can achieve within our control system.” Our expert on parallel kinematics and magnetic drives, Dr. Christian Rudolf, gives insights into the thrilling development process of PI's magnetic levitation solutions.
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Unlock The Next Level Of Surface Shaping With Smart Piezo Actuator And Drive Technologies
7/19/2023
“We have created a hybrid solution with smart actuator arrays to cover the customer requirements of tomorrow.” Engineers Jonas Reiser and Mathias Winter give insights into the development process of PI's surface shaping solutions for the future.
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Motion Control Solutions For The Semiconductor Industry
7/10/2023
The boundaries of what is technically feasible are being pushed ever further from chip generation to chip generation. And PI nanopositioning technology has been instrumental for many years.