NanoPositioning Products for Physics, Optics, Test & Metrology, Biotech, Photonics

Thank you for considering PI products. Click on one of the links below for further information:  PI offers the highest performance nanopositioning and piezo systems in the world. With more than 30 years experience and 10,000s of installed systems, we are in a position to provide you with a custom or standard solution. Talk to our Applications Engineers about your nanopositioning application!

News (All PI Product Lines) Request  the 500 Page PI NanoPositioning Catalog! Application Examples of  PI Products in Different Markets  Piezo Motors Linear Micro-Stages PI linear ultrasonic drives consist of a piezoelectric oscillator made from a rectangular piezoelectric plate upon which are mounted one, two or more frictional elements. Due to electrical excitation of the actuator, each friction tip installed on it moves along an elliptical trajectory, transmitting pushing forces to a friction bar on the moving portion of the translation stage. New M-661, M-662, M-663 Ultra-Compact Linear Piezo Motor Driven Translation Stages, 20 mm Travel (HTML) Watch M-661 demo video New M-665 , 50 mm Travel Low Profile Closed-Loop Piezo Linear Motor Translation Stages New P-661, P-665 Linear Piezo Motors for OEM Applications Piezo NanoScanning & Positioning Stages (Nanomechanisms)     PI Piezo Positioning and Scanning Stages are the fastest and highest precision nanopositioning stages available. They boast a parallel-kinematics design with integrated noncontact capacitive sensors in a parallel-metrology configuration. This ensures the highest scanning linearity and lowest out-of-plane motion. Capacitive feedback sensors are direct measuring devices and provide higher resolution and linearity than any other commerically available sensor. They are also less sensitive to EMI than most other sensors. NEW P-363 PicoCube  Ultra-compact scanner/positioner for SPM and nanomanipulation. Capacitive Feedback! XY and XYZ configurations   P-517, P-527 Scanning Stages  XY, XYZ, XY-Theta-Z, scanning stages: 100 µm and 200 µm travel, 66x66 mm aperture. P-518, P-558, P-528 Z-Tip-Tilt scanning stages: 50, 100 µm and 200 µm travel, to 2 mrad rotation, 66x66 mm aperture. P-561 Series XY, XYZ, high-speed, direct drive piezo scanning stages: to 45 µm travel, 66x66 mm aperture. P-561 Series XY, XYZ, long-travel piezo scanning stages: to 300x300x300 µm travel, 66x66 mm aperture. Special 6DOF versions available. P-733 Scanning Stages  XY, XYZ: 100 µm travel, 50x50 mm aperture. New! P-733.2DD, P-733.3DD direct drive stages. 4 x higher resonant frequency for faster scanning. P-734 Scanning Stages  XY: 100 µm travel, 50x50 mm aperture. Lowest out-of-plane motion (<5 nm) PIFOC Nanofocus Devices Fast objective scanning and positioning. Overview: Custom designed nanopositioning systems. 30+ years experience with nanomechanisms. Selection Guide List of standard Piezo-NanoPositioning & Scanning stages New P-620 PIHera  High-Precision, Ultra-Long-Range Piezo Flexure NanoPositioning & Scanning Stages (up to 600 µm). Capacitive Feedback! X, XY, Z, XYZ configurations   PIHera Datasheet Technote How to find a State-of-the-Art NanoPositioning System (PDF).  Applications-Examples: PI products for high resolution microscopy Nano Focus Systems  PIFOC® Microscope Objective NanoPositioners & Scanners. Capacitive Feedback for highest Stability and Repeatability. Up to 400 µm Travel, Sub-nm Resolution, Millisecond Response! Frictionless guiding sytstem provides excellent straightness. Most compact units with direct motion metrology (non-contact position sensors, measuring motion at the objective) available P-721 PIFOC®, 100 µm P-725 PIFOC®, 100 - 500 µm Active Optics Steering Mirrors   Piezo Beam Deflectors (Steering Mirrors) achieve typical resolution in the nano-rad range while providing sub-millisec response. New S-334 Ultra-Long-Range 2-Axis Mirror Scanner (50 mrad). World record for piezo drives. Selection Guide Tip/Tilt Mirror Scanners and Active Optics Overview: Custom engineered active optics. PI Active Optics Solutions in Astronomical Telescopes Hexapod 6D Parallel-Kinematics-Systems New M-840 HEXALIGHT Hexapod  6D MicroRobot / Positioning System. Fast, for medium loads Hexapod Catalog Standard & Custom Hexapods (PDF) F-206 HexAlign MicroAlignment System / MicroManipulator M-850 High load Hexapod   Parallel-Kinematics Technote (Parallemic.org) MicroPositioning Actuators, Translation & Rotary Stages New Piezo Motors and Linear Motor Driven Micro Stages! M-110 Micro Linear Stages (Stepper- and  Servo Motors) M-230 DC-Mike NanoActuators (25 mm travel, 50 nm Min. Inc. Motion) M-235 High Load Motor-Actuators (Ballscrew, 0.1 µm Min. Inc. Motion, 25 & 50 mm Travel) Overview: Custom engineered micropositioning systems Selection Guide All standard micropositioning stages and actuators Voice Coil Scanners: Up to 25 mm Travel, 10 to 100 Hz Scanning Frequency Piezo Ceramics, Actuators & Tubes New P-885 PICMA Piezo Actuators with ceramic insulation (worldwide first!)  PZT Tubes for scanning & nano dispensing applications Overwiew Custom engineered piezo actuators. NEW Large variety of unpackaged high-performance piezo actuators. Selection Guide All standard piezo actuators, tubes, benders, bimorphs Photonics Alignment/Tuning  F-130 Hybrid XYZ Alignment System, fast, low-cost F-206 6-DOF Photonics Micro-Alignment System. Virtual pivot point, vast array of software search and alignment algorithms ; Overview: PI solutions for photonics & telecommunications applications Selection Guide All photonics products Capacitance Sensors (Nanometrology) D-015, D-050, D-100 Two plate capacitive sensors provide sub-nanometer resolution, stability and linearity of 0.001% and better. Experience and Custom Designs

PI solutions have enabled customers in the following industries to achieve higher precision, faster:

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Semiconductor Test & Measurement  Photonics Packaging  Optics / Fiber Optics Medical Analytical Equipment  Life Science Mass Storage Industry (Disk Drive)  Laser Systems  Precision Tool Machinery  Aerospace Engineering

Our Mission: To Make the Best Performing NanoPositioning Systems (not Datasheets with the Best Published Specs). Our Product Specifications are Based on Measurements of Production Units, not Optimistic Estimations<  30+ Years of NanoPositioning Experience  10,000s of NanoPositioning Systems in the Field ISO 9001 Quality System (Certified since 1994), Kanban Demand Workflow and Kaizen Continous Improvement Processes Guarantee Repeatable Quality & Reliability  Global Service Support. Nanometrology Calibration Capabilities on three Continents. In-house Mechanics, Piezo Ceramics, & Control Electronics Manufacturing  Very Strong R&D Department. Most Experienced Design & Manufacturing Teams for Nanomechanisms in the World with Thousands of Man Years of Experience; World-Class Million-$ Nano-Metrology Labs (Six-Fold Isolation) for Evaluation of Ultra-High Precision Technologies Financially Strong, Privately Held Compay with 500+ Employees Worldwide PI is the only Manufacturer of Nanomechanisms Worldwide with Design & Manufacturing Departments for Highly Specialized Piezo Acutator Ceramics. We are the only Company to Manufacture Ultra-Reliable Ceramic Insulated Piezo Actuators.