Positioning Equipment Videos

1. Electronics Manufacturing Requires High Performance Motion Controllers And Precision Mechanical Stages 1/22/2021

   Electronics board manufacturing, laser processing, precision alignment and assembly require highly accurate motion systems to move lasers, optics, samples, cameras or fiber optics. The right combination of hardware and software helps speed up and optimize the process of alignment, metrology, inspection and manufacturing of electronics, photonics and optical systems.

2. High Performance Linear Stage For Industrial Automation With High-Speed Direct Drive For High Precision Manufacturing, Test, Assembly, Inspection 1/22/2021

   The novel V-817 linear motor stages are designed for affordable high performance automation tasks in industry and research. These industrial linear translation stages provide high load capacity and high dynamics. They feature a high stiffness design with recirculating ball bearings, 3-phase linear motors, and high resolution incremental linear encoder (0.3 nm sensitivity) provides 10 nanometers minimum incremental motion. These stages are ideal for tracking, fast step/settling, and designed for XY stage combinations.

3. XYZ Gantry, 3D Printing Demo: Coordinated Multi-Axis Motion With Dispenser Control From High Performance EtherCat Based PI Motion Controller 1/22/2021

   Constant velocity control and control of a dispenser are shown in this video, where a dispenser head is mounted on an XYZ gantry system, driven by linear motors and operated advanced gantry algorithms.

4. Piezo Technology In Medical Applications: Ultrasonic Sensors And Transducers 1/22/2021

   Piezoelectric transducers can emit and sense vibrations. They are often used for as transceivers of ultrasound in medical and also in industrial applications.

5. Novel Piezoelectric Transducers For Ultrafast Liquid Handling, Micro-Fluidics, And Nano Dispensing 1/21/2021

   Piezoelectric transducers can generate extremely small droplets, in the microliter and nanoliter range. They are often used in high-performance and high-precision micro-fluidics applications and dispensing applications in medical and industrial applications.

6. Semiconductor Wafer Inspection Stage – Nanometer Precision In Multi-Axis, High Performance Motion Control 1/21/2021

   Combining air bearing technologies, piezo nanopositioning actuators, and piezo motors with precision guiding systems allows a motion solution that covers large areas while achieving the highest resolution and accuracy.

7. Pushing Boundaries In Technology With Precision Automation, Nanopositioning And Piezo Technology 1/21/2021

   High performance motion and piezo technologies overcome technical limitations and make the seemingly impossible possible.

8. Multi-Axis Automation Stages For Precision Test And Manufacture Of Optics, Photonics And Micro-Mechanisms – X-417 Series 1/21/2021

   The X-417 motion system is a scalable multi-axis solution for automating laser machining, test, assembly and metrology applications related to optics, photonics, semiconductors, and material processing.

9. High-Speed 12-Axis Automated Silicon Photonics Alignment System FMPA 2/28/2017

   The FMPA is a high-speed 12-axis automated silicon alignment system based on a highly specialized digital motion controller (E-712) and a hybrid alignment mechanism to achieve the required long travel ranges without sacrificing stability, resolution, or alignment speed. FMPA is implemented in the E-712’s modular firmware to enable fast, simultaneous alignment and tracking of multichannel couplings in multiple degrees of freedom.

10. Beamline Instrumentation - Double Hexapod For X-Ray Spectrometer 9/29/2016

    This video features Dr. Markus Simon, head of the PI miCos beamline instrumentation group, who explains a special double hexapod PKM system used for synchrotron x-ray spectroscopy for material testing in fields such as semiconductor and medical applications.