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Why are PI Piezo Actuator Solutions Superior?

• More than 25 Years Experience in Designing Piezo Actuators
• Own Piezo Ceramics Factory (PI Ceramic)
• Largest Variety of Controllers (Digital, Analog, High Speed, High Power, OEM....)
• State-of-the-Art Metrology Lab: Thermical, Acoustical, Seismical Isolation
• Own Capacitance Position Sensor Design & Manufacturing
• Patented Vibration Killing Mach (TM) Algorithm for Highest Throughput

PI offers the largest selection of research and industrial grade Piezo Actuators and Translators (linear actuators) worldwide. In addition to the hundreds of models presented in this catalog, we manufacture custom designs tailored to our customer's requirements. We are highly vertically integrated, controlling each manufacturing step from Piezo raw material to finished systems.

Applications for Piezo Actuators

Optics, Photonics and Measuring Technology

• Image stabilization
• Scanning microscopy
• Auto focus systems
• Interferometry
• Fiber optic alignment & switching
• Adaptive and active optics
• Laser tuning
• Mirror positioning

Disk Drive

• MR head testing
• Pole tip recession
• Spin stands
• Disk testing
• Vibration cancellation

Microelectronics

• Nano-metrology
• Wafer and mask positioning
• Critical Dimensions measurement
• Microlithography
• Inspection systems
• Vibration cancellation

Precision Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering

• Vibration cancellation
• Structural deformation
• Out-of-roundness grinding, drilling, turning
• Tool adjustment
• Wear correction
• Needle valve actuation
• Micro pumps
• Knife edge control in extrusion tools
• Micro engraving systems

Life Science, Medicine, Biology

• Scanning microscopy
• Patch-clamp
• Gene technology
• Micro manipulation
• Cell penetration
• Micro dispensing devices

Piezo Actuators offer these Advantages

• Sub-nanometer resolution
• Large force generation
• Sub-millisecond response
• No magnetic fields
• Extremely low steady state power consumption
• No wear and tear
• Vacuum and clean room compatibility
• Operation at cryogenic temperatures

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