positioning-equipment-news

  1. James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors Aligned By 6-Axis Precision Hexapod Stage 2/2/2022

    The 6-axis nanopositioning system provides high force and ultra high precision to align the hexagonal mirror segments of the largest and most powerful scientific space telescope ever built.

  2. High Speed, Direct Driver Rotary Tables With High Precision Air Bearings 10/15/2021

    A family of new high Precision, High Speed Rotary Tables with direct drive motors and frictionless air bearings provides superior positioning precision, high speed, and negligible wobble and eccentricity errors.

  3. PI's Digital Piezo Controller Family Grows Again 8/23/2021

    Improved resolution with 24bit DAC, higher power integrated piezo amplifier, ideal for piezoelectric single-axis nanopositioning systems with capacitive position-feedback sensors, it’s compact, affordable, and new from PI.

  4. New Piezo Motor For AutoFocus/Nano-Metrology Applications 8/10/2021

    The next gen piezo focusing stages, new from PI, have longer travel ranges to 800µm, faster step/settle, better guiding precision, and higher resolution.

  5. PI's New Multi-Channel Piezo Driver 7/2/2021

    PI’s new multi-channel piezo driver is based on 5 decades of piezo transducer and controller experience and is well-suited to operate a wealth of piezoelectric transducers including scanner tubes, shear actuators, and XYZ actuators, in static and dynamic applications.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. The NanoScan SP400/SP600 Sample Scanners For High Speed/Accuracy Positioning 4/6/2021

    Prior Scientific is proud to announce the release of its new NanoScan-SP400/SP600 Piezo Sample Scanner, delivering the best positioning performance and fastest recovery between Z stacks. 

  10. 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.