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POSITIONING EQUIPMENT NEWS
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New live demonstrations on air bearing stages, direct drive motorized motion systems, and sub-nanometer precision piezo stages backed by decades of PI’s nanopositioning experience.
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The PI Group continues its vertical integration strategy to provide a competitive advantage for customers while improving the odds of supply chain sustainability.
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PI, a global leader in multi-axis nano positioning and precision motion control, has extended its selection of high resolution XY-tables for applications including laser processing, semiconductor metrology, bio-technology, microscopy, and life sciences.
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PI’s new compact 3-axis nanopositioning stage fits in the palm of a hand, provides 10mm XYZ travel, nanometer resolution, and is well suited for high duty cycle 24/7 automation applications. Its high reliability, speed, and precision are supported by non-contact, frictionless linear motors and air bearing guiding systems.
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PI introduced a new frictionless direct drive motor motion system at Photonics West that provides superior positioning precision, high speed, and ultra-high reliability for 24/7 duty cycle applications.
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The 6-axis nanopositioning system provides high force and ultra high precision to align the hexagonal mirror segments of the largest and most powerful scientific space telescope ever built.
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A family of new high Precision, High Speed Rotary Tables with direct drive motors and frictionless air bearings provides superior positioning precision, high speed, and negligible wobble and eccentricity errors.
POSITIONING EQUIPMENT VIDEOS
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Explore PPS capabilities for high-precision position measurements in semiconductor manufacturing, enabling advancements in lithography tools and system reliability with patented technologies.
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PILightning tackles the first light capture issue in photonics alignment, promising dramatic improvements in testing and assembling photonic circuits, revolutionizing the industry.
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Combining piezo stages and linear motors can significantly improve micro-hole laser drilling performance. This demonstration looks at high-density 30µm micro-holes in glass.
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Using optical sensors and gantry motion, 3D surface profiling is a technique that measures and analyzes the surface features of an object in 3D.
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Compact air bearing stages provide superior dynamics in multi-axis automated optics and photonics alignment applications.
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Silicon photonics is the most scalable and efficient approach to sustainably keep up with data demand. Motion control algorithms are important in reducing cycle times.
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Peter J. de Groot gives a talk on interferometric precision positioning recorded live at the European Precision Engineering Society (euspen) Special Interest Group meeting on Precision Motion Systems & Control.