Piezo Mechanisms Catalog: Piezo Actuators, Piezo Motors, Piezo Stages, Drivers

PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. — a leading manufacturer of piezo ceramic actuators and precision motion-control equipment for semiconductor, bio-medical and nanotechnology applications — has released a new catalog on Piezo Mechanisms.

The 400-page catalog presents PI’s complete spectrum of piezomechanic components and motion systems, from simple, direct actuators, to long-travel ceramic linear motors and complex multi-axis flexure guided nanopositioning stages. A separate section lists the latest digital control electronics.

The catalog also includes a tutorial on piezo design for positioning applications.

The Piezo Mechanisms catalog can be downloaded at: www.piezo.ws/pdf/Piezo_Mechanism_Cat10.pdf

Examples of Different Piezo Mechanisms Solve Different Problems:

Direct Piezo Actuators: Z-Stacks, Shear (X, XY)
• Highest Force (to 10,000 lbf)
• Fastest Response: Microseconds to Milliseconds)
• Short Travel Ranges: 2-100 µm

Piezo Flexure Lever Actuators
• Longer Travel to 2 mm
• Flexure Guiding System for Straight Motion
• Response <1 msec Ultrasonic Linear Motors
• For High-Speed Automation and Microscopy
• Long Travel (10s of millimeters to 100s of mm)
• Fast:: to 500 mm/sec
• Low Profile, Self Locking

PiezoWalk® Linear Motors
• High Force (4 lb to 170 lb)
• Compact, Self Locking
• Long Travel (10s of millimeters)

Piezo Flexure Positioning Stages
• Multi-Axis Motion, Highest Precision Class (Sub-Nanometer)
• Applications in Semiconductor Technology, Nanotechnology, AFM, Super-Resolution Microscopy, etc.

About PI
PI is a leading manufacturer of piezo stages, piezo linear motors and precision motion-control equipment for photonics, bio-nanotechnology & semiconductor applications. PI has been developing and manufacturing standard & custom precision products with piezoceramic and electromagnetic drives for 35+ years. The company has been ISO 9001 certified since 1994 and provides innovative, high-quality solutions for OEM and research. PI is present worldwide with eight subsidiaries and total staff of 500+

PI USA designs and manufactures standard & custom piezo products at the company’s US headquarters in Auburn, MA.

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