PI (Physik Instrumente) Videos

  1. Refractive Eye Surgery Using Fast Piezo Steering Mirrors 6/15/2015

    This video demonstrates the use of the Piezo Drive in refractive eye surgery. These Piezo-based tilting mirrors direct the laser beam faster and more precisely than conventional scanners.

  2. From The Show Floor – Part 4 of 4: Piezo Motor Stages 2/20/2015

    In the final installment of our four-part video series with PI from Photonics West 2015, Scott Jordan introduced us his company’s latest line of Piezo motor stages. He also explained the difference between a Piezo nanopositioner and a Piezo motor positioner, and the impact this difference can have on travel ranges and package size.

  3. From The Show Floor – Part 3 of 4: Actuators For Test And Assembly 2/20/2015

    In part three of our four-part series with PI from Photonics West 2015, Scott Jordan showed us a new type of actuator for test and assembly process that call for very highly calibrated, careful, and very repeatable force increments.

  4. From The Show Floor – Part 2 of 4: Air Bearing Stages 2/20/2015

    Just last year, PI acquired Nelson Air Bearing Products in order to expand on their portofilio of precision motion technologies. In part two of a four part video series taken from Photonics West 2015, Scott Jordan spoke with us about these air bearing stage offerings and the extremely smooth and long travel motions they provide.

  5. From The Show Floor – Part 1 of 4: The Century Of The Photon 2/20/2015

    “It’s been said that the last century was the Century of the Electron, and the current century will be the Century of the Photon. At the intersection is where innovation is occurring right now.” – Scott Jordan, PI.

  6. Precision Motion For Micro- And Nanopositioning 8/21/2014

    In this video, Donn Silbermann with Physik Instrumente (PI) discusses what his company had on display at Optics and Photonics 2014, including products for precision motion control. Watch the video to learn more about how PI's positioning equipment can be used to help you acquire better images, faster.

  7. Better Images Through Precision Motion Control 5/12/2014

    Jim Gareau with PI spent some time on the last morning of the DSS 2014 exhibition with us to tell us about their precision motion control solutions and how and why they’re able to provide their customers with better images through hexapods, precision motor stages, and Piezo motion devices.

  8. Silicon Photonics: Automated Alignment / Manufacturing of Fiber-Optics Components 3/19/2014

    A turn-key system for automating silicon photonics processes.

  9. Motion Technologies For Imaging And Optical Alignment Applications 2/4/2014

    At BiOS 2014, Stefan Vorndran, VP of marketing for PI, USA, talked to us about a few of his company’s positioning products and educated us on why someone would use a hexapod positioner over a traditional set up of several linear and rotary positioners, as well as why someone would use an ultrasonic motor over a stepper or server motor.

  10. Making Better Images, Faster 8/27/2013

    James Deichmann, Director of Sales of PI (Physik Instrumente) West offers a presentation of his company’s precision motion technology.