PI (Physik Instrumente) Downloads

  1. High Precision Motion, Automation And Control Solutions 6/7/2022

    PI’s wide range of technologies and many years of experience in precision positioning puts them in an excellent position to address the specific needs of various laser and photonics applications. For example, laser drilling of micro holes, laser seam welding of electronic housings, separation of chips from a wafer and wafer inspection, and characterization and packaging of light emitting devices.

  2. Multi-Axis Stages: Why Custom Aligned, Tuned, Error-Corrected XYZ Assemblies Are Better 4/18/2022

    Multi-axis precision motion at the micron or sub-micron level is required in many industrial automation processes as well as in test and metrology applications. Users of such motion systems often ask: Should I just get the individual components and bolt them together myself, or rather specify a complete XYZ system, mounted, aligned, and tested by a specialist? The answer depends on expectations, performance requirements, and budget.

  3. Black Holes: From Theory To Imaging With Help From Hexapods 4/18/2022

    In 2019, the first-ever direct image of a black hole in the universe was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — with some help from PI. Learn how PI's hexapods enabled exact alignment of the sub-reflectors to the large main reflectors by software and helped improve the sensitivity and performance of the radio telescopes.

  4. Piezoelectric Positioning Equipment For Nanoscale Microscopy & Imaging 4/18/2022

    The compound microscope has quickly fallen behind alternative tools capable of performing high-precision materials characterization or insights into molecular activities on the nanoscale. PI offers a range of positioning equipment suitable for sub-nanometer resolution microscopy and interferometry. 

  5. Hexapods Enable 6-Axis Patient Positioning Couches For Radiotherapy 4/13/2022

    As radiation therapy gains prominence, precise patient positioning is crucial. Explore how Image Guided Radiotherapy and hexapod positioning systems revolutionize tumor treatment.

  6. Ultrafast Lasers & Advanced Motion Control Systems Improve Performance In Material Processing 3/21/2022

    Laser material processing continuously advances the state-of-the-art in fields spanning from medical technology (e.g., laser drilling holes in tablets to provide controlled release of drug delivery) to semiconductor manufacturing (e.g., laser annealing for reduced feature sizes).

  7. Reliable Piezo Motion Devices For Industrial And Space Applications 3/21/2022

    While piezo stack actuators and the latest flexure actuators offer a wide range of product development capabilities, piezo ceramics provide more solutions for motion control.

  8. Performance Of Large Motorized Rotary Air Bearing Stages For Synchrotron Crystallography 2/22/2022

    Air bearing rotary tables are often used in beamline and high precision optical applications.  PI’s air bearing group recently built a large 300mm diameter rotary table with air bearings for use in a synchrotron beamline test facility for Macromolecular Crystallography.

  9. Straightness And Flatness Of Air Bearings 2/22/2022

    In this technical note, PI will discuss several aspects: the error motion over full travel, impacts on error motion, the repeatability of the error, and the short-term errors.

  10. High-Performance R-Theta Stage Motion Systems For Semiconductor Tools 2/2/2022

    PI offers a broad catalog of rotary, R-Theta, and Linear Stages and application-specific engineered systems including granite motion systems, based on air bearing and mechanical bearing designs.