PI (Physik Instrumente) Videos

  1. The Challenges Of Silicon Photonics Production 1/25/2022

    On day one of Photonics West 2022, Scott Jordan met with us to discuss the throughput-oriented architecture the photonics industry must adopt in order to address the silicon photonics production bottleneck.

  2. Video: V-508 Linear Translation Stage Demo 1/19/2022

    The demo shows a closed-loop XY-table in high speed scan and alignment. These V-508 linear translation stages are run by an ACS industrial motion controller with intelligent alignment algorithms.

  3. Silicon Photonics Wafer Prober: 6-DOF-Hexapod Pivot Point Demo 12/23/2021

    The pivot point demo shows the advantages of a programmable pivot point in hexapod parallel kinematics active alignment systems. The PI H-811 Hexapod 6-axis motion system and P-616 piezo nano-scanner are mounted on a Cascade Microtech wafer prober.

  4. Hexapod Pivot Point Demo 11/19/2021

    PI's Hexapod 6DOF Parallel Motion platforms have a very useful feature for active alignment and optimization applications - a user programmable pivot point. A high performance hexapod motion controller handles all the necessary coordinate transformations, very easy for the user.

  5. Precision Motorized XYZ Gantry 10/18/2021

    Motorized Gantry Stages with Direct Drive motors provide higher speed, performance and precision compared to belt-driven gantries or screw driven gantry stages.

  6. High Speed Gantries And Multi-Axis Stages 10/15/2021

    High speed and high precision gantry stages and XYZ motion stages provide the basis for industrial highly accurate laser machining and 3D printing processes. Fast linear motors provide frictionless motion with zero wear, in contrast to screw and belt driven gantries and stages. Non-contact linear motors not only provide higher speed and precision but also increased reliability.

  7. Fast Focusing Motor With Nanometer Precision 10/15/2021

    PI's Next Generation objective nano-positioners for microscopy and surface metrology provide higher speed, precision and longer travel ranges up to 800µm, along with easier integration. Applications for nano-focusing stages include multiphoton fluorescence microscopy, optical coherence tomography, wafer surface inspection and laser materials processing.

  8. Video: Direct Drive Air Bearing Rotary Table 10/15/2021

    The A-688 Direct-Drive Air Bearing Rotation Table is motorized with a 3-phase high performance direct-drive torque motor. It is guided by air bearings and provides a large aperture - ideal for transmitted light test and metrology applications.

  9. Space Qualified Piezoelectric Transducers On The Mars Rover 7/12/2021

    After successful testing for 100 billion cycles, high performance piezoelectric transducers were by the Mars Rover to determine if life ever existed on the Red Planet. 

  10. Downhole Communication, Wireless Hydro Acoustics, Underwater Communication W/ Advanced Piezoelectric Sound Transducers 7/12/2021

    Piezolelectric sound transducers can be used for wireless downhole communication, sonar applications, and long distance underwater communication up to several kilometers.  PI’s piezo transducer division specializes in the design and manufacture of standard and custom piezoelectric transducers for industrial, medical and research applications.