PI (Physik Instrumente) Downloads

  1. Smart Actuator And Drive Technologies For Active Damping And Vibration Compensation 7/19/2023

    Motion control specialists Christopher Mock and Dr. Simon Kapelke give insights into the development process of PI's active damping and vibration compensation solutions.

  2. 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.

  3. Learning Based Motion Control Algorithms Provide Higher Performance 7/17/2023

    “What drove us was achieving motion performance others deemed impossible.” Motion control engineer Fabian Rudnick gives insights into the development process of PI's learning-based motion control for the future.

  4. Piezo-Driven Power Ultrasonic Transducers For Sensing, Imaging, Testing, And Microfluidics 7/12/2023

    Power ultrasonic transducers, such as the Langevin transducer, can be used in industry and life science applications. High-quality piezoelectric rings create ultrasonic waves in the transducer which are amplified until they reach the device tip, triggering vibrations in the target media.

  5. 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.

  6. Advances In Piezo Mechanics Aid Eye Surgery 5/30/2023

    The article discusses recent advancements in piezo mechanics that are being utilized to improve precision and effectiveness in eye surgery procedures.

  7. Automation Platforms For Laser Material Processing 5/12/2023

    As part of the PI Group, ACS Motion Control offers advanced automation and motion controllers that come with a variety of drive options and specialized modules for managing laser applications.

  8. Using Spherical Air Bearings In Satellite Testing 4/12/2023

    As the demand for satellite test systems rises with the surge in satellite programs like NASA's CubeSat initiative, leveraging spherical air bearings emerges as a pivotal solution for validating hardware.

  9. XY-Linear Motion – The Difference Between Planar XY-Stages, Integrated XY-Stages, And Stacked Stages 3/7/2023

    In industries such as precision optics, precision motion in multiple degrees of freedom is often required. When large surfaces need to be processed, the flatness specification of the positioning stages involved is especially critical.

  10. Miniaturized Piezo Tubes In High-Resolution Scanning Fiber Endoscopy 3/6/2023

    Miniaturized piezo tubes generate a scanning movement of the optical fiber in scanning fiber endoscopes, providing more image information, new findings in biomedical research, and improved minimally invasive procedures in everyday clinical practice.