Piezo Actuators: Experience / Custom Systems
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PI offers the largest selection of research and industrial piezo actuators, piezo motors and piezo stages, worldwide.
The following pages show but a few examples of the custom actuators developed in the last few years. The systems cover a wide range of applications from Fast Tool Servos to fiber optic switching and were designed for special custom applications based on our extensive experience; many custom designs are subject to non-disclosure agreements and cannot be shown at all.		 Tell us the requirements of your custom system


Custom piezoelectric actuator with integrated capacitive sensor (0.1 nm resolution).
Custom water resistant piezoelectric actuator.
Custom piezo actuator with flushing air for explosive environments.
Custom high-load piezo actuator.

Custom, high-load piezoelectric actuator for cavity tuning in an accelerator ring.
Contraction-type piezo actuators.
Custom PICA-Stack piezo actuators with rectangular cross-sections.
Custom, high-load, piezoelectric actuator with 500 µm travel.

Custom piezo actuator with integrated flexure tip.
Custom PCB-mount piezo actuators.
Custom piezo actuator for structural deformation.
Custom long-travel (300 µm) high-load piezo actuator (bottle for size comparison).

Custom high-load actuator.
Custom flange-mounting, water resistant piezoelectric actuator.
Active fast piezo tool servo for non-circular turning applications; 200 or 400 µm travel, LVDT feedback.
Active fast piezo tool servo X,Y: 50 x 50 µm; application: grinding.

Active fast piezo tool servo for concentric turning of fiber connectors; XY: 60 x 60 µm, differential eddy current sensors.
Fast Tool servo X: 200 µm, LVDT sensor; application: non-circular turning.
Piezoelectric tool fine-adjustment sytem for wear compensation: X: 60 µm, LVDT sensor.
High-speed ball-screw-nut preload adjustment: stroke: 30 µm.

Diamond-tip contouring piezo tool: 200 / 400 µm.
Custom linear piezoelectric motor for long-travel translation stages.
Custom PICA-Thru piezoelectric actuator with 56 mm outside diameter and 8 mm inner diameter, 250 µm displacement.

Standard Products Selection Guide