In the field of Silicon Photonics, a challenge is the exceedingly fine alignment required to couple inputs and outputs. PI’s new F-131 Modular XYZ Photonic Alignment System provides an excellent foundation for developing, studying and pursuing manufacturing and testing of photonic components.
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Cost Effective, Modular XYZ Photonic Alignment
Submicron Features and Rising Quantities Require Automated, Fast Alignment Procedures
New White Paper: Piezo Tip/Tilt Systems
Design – Performance – Tuning
Piezo tip/tilt systems from PI (Physik Instrumente) are versatile positioning systems ─ they are ideal for dynamic operation in applications such as scanning, tracking, for suppressing drift oscillation or dynamic image stabilizing. Piezo tip/tilt systems and scanners offer greater acceleration and dynamic bandwidth than similar actuators such as for example, voice coil or galvanometer scanners. Piezo tip/tilt systems developed by PI are also found in applications for quasistatic positioning of optics with high demands on "pointing stability".
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External Interferometer vs. Internal Sensor
Read more on „Controlling PI Positioners with External Zygo Interferometer“ in the new whitepaper!
Learn morePrecision and Throughput for Electronics Manufacturing Applications
Find High-Performance Positioning Solutions in the New Brochure “Motion Systems for Electronics Manufacturing”
· Doris Knauer
PI offers positioning systems for different production steps, for example to place, process or test parts and components.
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Is That Feasible?
Hybrid drives combine two different drive concepts into a high-performance and precision positioning system. They take advantage of both drives. These types of solutions are always in demand when one drive alone is not in a position to meet all of the requirements of applications. An example of this is nanometer-precision positioning of heavy loads over long travel ranges. Nanopositioning systems that combine piezo drives with classical drive screws therefore offer a practical solution, but also other drive concepts are possible.
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High-Precision Positioning in six Axes
Automating processes in production, inspection, and testing requires increasingly more accuracy in the micrometer or even nanometer range. Hexapods are predestined for precision positioning in several axes. Their parallel-kinematic design allows a greater bandwidth of loads, travel ranges, and velocities. The new catalog now presents the entire product range and includes the extensive range of matching controllers and software tools with all technical data.
Learn moreParallelism in Photonics Alignment Automation: Key to Economic Test and Packaging
· PI (Physik Instrumente) LP
Compared to the devices typical of the telecom revolution of two decades ago, today’s typical Silicon Photonics (SiP) devices present more channels, smaller form factors, and exponentially higher production quantities.
Learn moreHigh-Precision Motion for Automation in the Field of Laser Processing
Find Advanced Positioning Solutions in the New Brochure “Automation Platforms for Laser Material Processing”
· Doris Knauer
The technological diversity and the high vertical range of manufacturing enable PI to offer positioning systems for laser applications that require high-precision and high-throughput.
Learn moreHigh-Precision Positioning with Piezo Motors over Long Travel Ranges
Find All Positioning Solutions in the New Catalog "Precision and Dynamics with Piezo Motor Stages"
The product portfolio of piezo motor stages ranges from linear actuators and linear and XY stages, including special solutions for microscopy, through rotation stages, to parallel-kinematic systems and the corresponding motion controllers. The systems work either with Q-Motion® piezo inertia motors, PILine® ultrasonic motors, or PiezoWalk® walking or PiezoMike linear drives. The travel ranges are scalable up to about 25 mm, at maximum velocities of 1 to 100 mm/s.
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What Capacity Does PI Have for High-Accuracy Measuring
· Birgit Schulze
Positioning systems from PI promise the highest precision. The excellent measuring engineers and sophisticated measuring techniques at PI make sure that this verifiable and reproducible at all times. Special measuring laboratories allow measurement to picometer accuracy. The measuring equipment and measuring environment are matched exactly to the important measurands.
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