Positioning Equipment Videos

  1. 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.

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

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

  3. Video: 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Video: Nanopositioning Applications For Microscopy, Neuroscience, And Metrology 1/28/2016

    PI provides a large variety of fast Z-Stages and collar piezo objective positioners for 3D imaging (Z-stack acquisition), deconvolution, and fast focusing applications. These Piezo nanopositioning stages & positioners are essential tools for high-resolution metrology and microscopy applications due to their sub-atomic resolution and extremely fast response times.

  10. Hexapod 6-Axis Systems for Micro Manufacturing / Fiber Alignment Operation 1/27/2016

    This video is an introduction of hexapod parallel kinematic 6-axis positioners, and a visual representation of key features of operation.