PI (Physik Instrumente) Videos

31. Ultrasound Transducers: Industrial Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Transducers 7/12/2021

    Ultrasound can be used for industrial inspection and automation - the technology is similar to the one know from medical ultrasonic imaging. Piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers also find applications in non-contact distance measuring, structural health monitoring, object recognition and measuring instruments for volume, filling level, distance and acceleration.

32. High Performance Piezoelectric Transducers 7/12/2021

    Ultrasound transducers can generate nanoliter droplets, faster and more precise than other technologies. These advantages are used in high performance industrial ink-jet digital printing.  PI's piezoelectric design and manufacturing division specializes in custom designs for industrial applications from non-contact precision dosing to ultrafast drop-on-demand generation.

33. Gantry Stage Systems 7/6/2021

    Active Yaw Control with Gantry XY and XYZ stages allows for error compensation with better straightness and orthogonality. Active yaw control can also be used to make the two bottom linear module stages of the gantry actively rotate over small angles, if the necessary flexure elements have been designed into the gantry system.

34. Stewart Platforms – 6-Axis Hexapod Stages Based On Parallel Kinematics 7/6/2021

    Multi-axis stages, and 6-axis hexapod robotic platforms are critical system components for automation in optics, photonics, precision assembly and active alignment type of applications. Hexapod 6-axis stages provide higher versatility compared to conventional multi-axis motion stages.

35. Linear Direct Drive Stages And Motors 7/6/2021

    Direct Drive Linear Stages with Nanometer performance are important components in automation and research, from semiconductor technology to photonics automation.  The video shows different types, with mechanical bearings and air bearings,  3-phase and voice coil linear motors.

36. Piezo Motors: How Do They Work? 7/6/2021

    Piezo motors are non magnetic, energy efficient and very compact.  They can hold a position without jitter and without heat generation.  Nanometer resolution is available and high forces, depending on the type of design. 

37. Direct Drive Piezo Nanopositioning Stages, Actuators And Scanners 7/6/2021

    Direct Drive Piezo Stages and Actuators provide the fastest response and highest resolution of any motion control technology. 

38. Microscope Stages, Fast Focus, Nanopositioning: Enabling Super Resolution Microscopy & AFM 7/6/2021

    Nanopositioning motion control technologies are key for the advancement of high resolution microscopy, metrology, photonics and semiconductor wafer test. A few examples are explained in the video.

39. Video: Fast Voice Coil Nanopositioning Stage For Autofocus 7/6/2021

    This Objective Z Focusing Voice Coil Motor enables higher throughput in Autofocus and surface metrology applications in microscopy, life sciences, and metrology. Each application benefits from higher speed, and higher accuracy control of the focal point, for saving time, increasing throughput and improving quality.

40. Silicon Photonics Progress Enabled By Motion Control Algorithms, Multi-Axis Nanopositioning Stages 7/6/2021

    Using highly intelligent algorithms and precision motion control systems with parallel alignment capabilities, the development of next generation test and manufacturing systems for silicon photonics circuits that are the key to 5G and autonomous driving are sped up.