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If large optics, detectors or camera set-ups in industrial applications need to be positioned with nanometer precision, drive solutions are necessary that not only work with the required precision, but can also withstand the high continuous load. The solution supplier of drive technology and positioning systems, Physik Instrumente (PI) has added PICMAWalk walking drives to its extensive product portfolio for those types of applications.

PI (Physik Instrumente) offers a new range of Z, rotation, and linear stages for applications in industry and research that demand high cycle numbers and high precision.

PI (Physik Instrumente), a company with headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany, has stood for technical excellence and continuous progress in precision positioning for a number of decades. The target of the PI Group is to develop this market and technological leadership even further and therefore secure a decisive competitive advantage for its customers. The acquisition of 80 % of the Israeli ACS Motion Control, a developer and manufacturer of high-end motion controllers and drives for multi-axis motion systems worldwide, was an important step forward.                      

PI (Physik Instrumente) offers shorter lead times for selected piezo-based positioning systems and nanopositioning controllers. This enables even faster prototype set-up and faster integration of products into the application environment for customers of PI.                                        

With immediate effect, Scott Jordan is head of the newly defined photonics market segment in the globally active PI Group. He is well known in the community for his passion and engagement and has earned himself a very good reputation and his expertise makes him ideally suited for this position.   

Stéphane Bussa takes over the responsibility for Sales and Marketing at PI (Physik Instrumente) with immediate effect and sets a clear target for the leading supplier of motion control and positioning solutions: He sees technology-independent and solution-oriented customer consulting as the key to satisfying the globally increasing demands for precision motion and positioning and that also includes the industrial markets.          

The A-322 XY positioning system from PI (Physik Instrumente) with friction-free air bearing achieves a resolution of up to 1 nm and velocities if 1000 mm/s.                                 

The new P-616 NanoCube® from PI (Physik Instrumente) is extremely compact and offers identical dynamics, precision and velocity on all three motion axes with loads of up to 50 grams. This makes it suitable for example, for use in fiber alignment, microscopy or in precision manufacturing.