PI (Physik Instrumente) News

  1. Miniature Linear Stage On Mars Rover Helps Provide Precision Focus Control For Supercam 6/3/2021

    The tiny new PI micropositioning stage on the Perseverance rover plays an important role in NASA’s mission to detect traces of former life on the RED planet.

  2. Mini Nanopositioning Stage Based On High Dymamic Voice Coil Motor 5/17/2021

    Cleanroom-compatible, this new high performance noncontact miniature linear slide from PI is suited for applications like wafer inspection, scanning/metrology, fiber alignment, laser micromachining and marking, autofocusing, and genome sequencing.

  3. Motorized Linear Modules Provide High Performance And Precision Motion 5/15/2021

    The new high performance motorized linear slide modules are available with stepper or synchronous servo motors and a folded drivetrain for a reduced footprint.

  4. Fast Linear Modules Provide High Precision With Direct Drive Linear Motors 4/26/2021

    New direct drive Linear Modules strike a favorable balance of price, precision, performance, load capacity, and speed. Ideal for OEMs and industrial automation with high throughput and accuracy.

  5. Fast Focusing Linear Slide Has Nanometer Precision, High Dynamics, And Maintenance-Free Voice Coil Motor 4/15/2021

    New long-travel addition to PI’s large range of nanopositioning slides for fast focusing tasks in semiconductor metrology, microscopy, life sciences, and slide scanning applications.

  6. Z-Tip-Tilt Nanopositioning Stage For Precision Alignment 4/12/2021

    Z-tip-tilt nanopositioning stage for precision alignment is ultra-low profile, fast, precise, and maintenance-free with air bearings. Cleanroom-compatible, this high-performance noncontact positioner is well-suited for wafer inspection, fiber positioning, optics positioning, flat screen inspection, maskless lithography, and µ-LED manufacturing.

  7. Physik Instrumente Acquires P·G·W, Japanese Granite Base Machining Company 3/18/2021

    The new acquisition will provide granite plates with high flatness and system integration capabilities for PI’s nanopositioning solutions used by leaders in the semiconductor, life sciences, photonics, and industrial automation markets.

  8. New Fine Steering Mirrors For High Speed And Precision Control For Optical Laser Communications 3/3/2021

    As the demand for higher data transmission rates is growing, communication via laser beams, terrestrial, ground-to-satellite, and satellite-to-satellite is opening up new possibilities. Fast fine steering mirrors keep laser beams stabilized and pointed in the right direction, making sure they reach their targets exactly, over thousands of miles.

  9. Multi-Axis Motion For Vacuum Applications: New 6DOF Hexapod Motion Systems – Smaller Than traditional 6-Axis Vacuum Stages 2/17/2021

    Vacuum chambers are limited in volume and products that go inside are better when they are smaller. PI offers 6-axis precision motion systems, based on parallel kinematics. These hexapod positioners are more compact than conventional multi-axis stages and provide more versatility at the same time, ideal for vacuum based high precision motion and alignment tasks with optics, fibers, and semiconductors.

  10. Compact XYZ Piezo Stage Combines With Motorized Stages For Complex Nanopositioning Applications 1/25/2021

    A faster, higher precision variation of PI’s popular NanoCube® XYZ piezo flexure stage is available to combine with a series of miniature motorized micro-positioning stages for nano-scale motion over long travel ranges.