Piezoelectric
Electrophysiology: Piezos Enable Faster Solution Switching
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Electrophysiological studies require fast motions of a double-bore (theta-glass) pipette across cell membranes. With a cell held in a patch clamp and monitored electrical-ly, one bore of the pipette flows a buffer solution, while the other carries a drug or other chemical. By quickly sweeping the pipette so one bore or the other suffuses the cell, its electrophysiological response can be correlated to the chemical environment. |
Self-locking, Non-Magnetic and Easy to Integrate: Piezo-Based Linear Drive for Automation Technology
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Linear direct drives have advantages over rotating electric motors for rectilinear motions in automation technology because the latter always have to use a spindle to convert the driving force into translational motion. An often undesirable aspect of conventional linear motors is that they are not self-locking and thus require holding currents which are associated with heat dissipation, high energy consumption and “positional jitter”. Piezo-based linear drives offer a solution here. |
PI E709 Affordable Digital Piezo Nanopositioning Controller for the Cost of Analog
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Auburn, MA - Piezo system specialist PI introduces a breakthrough development in nanopositioning stage control. The new E-709 provides digital functionality at the price-point of an analog controller, all in the volume of a paperback book! The true digital servo performance comes without compromise: |
More Affordable Hexapod 6 Axis Alignment System from PI
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Auburn, MA - The F-206.S, Six-Axis Hexapod Alignment System from Nanopositioning Specialist PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P, is the most affordable precision positioning system of its kind. It provides 6D motion with 33 nanometer resolution and advanced alignment software for optics and photonics components. |
Piezo Technology made Affordable
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Flexure Actuators for Speed, Precision and Force 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 brochure on Lever Amplified Piezo Flexure Actuators. The brochure presents a number of new applications along with a variety newly designed, low-cost flexure actuators for OEMs. Traditional Piezo Systems Use |
Medical Design Solutions with Piezo Motors and Hexapod Robots by PI
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New Brochure: Medical Design Solutions with Piezo Motors and Hexapod Robots Application Examples: |
PI XY stages with piezo linear motors
Physik Instrumente (PI) uses piezoceramic ultrasonic linear motors in many of its PILine positioning systems. This gives the stages not only a much lower profile but also makes them faster than comparable systems with motor/spindle drives. PI manufactures low-profile XY stages with a profile height of less than 30 mm across the whole surface of the stage - there are no lead screw ducts, no flanged motors. A speed of 100 mm/s can be achieved at a resolution of up to 0.1 µm. |
Ultrasonic Motor Powers New Line of Linear Positioning Stages: Fast, Cost-Effective, Low-Profile
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Auburn, MA, piezo system specialist PI announces the M-692 series of low-profile, ultrasonic linear translation stages designed for high-speed positioning tasks with limited space.High-End Ceramic Linear Piezo Motor
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Auburn, MA, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. introduces the new N-216 NEXLINE high-load piezo linear motors. These ultra-precision nanopositioning actuators provide travel ranges to 20 mm and push / pull forces to 600 N (130 lb). The operating principle is based on coordinated motion of a number of highly preloaded linear and shear piezo elements acting on a ceramic runner. |
XY / XYZ Nanopositioning Stage for Super-Resolution Microscopy
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Auburn, MA, PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. -- the inventor of Piezo-Z focusing systems—has added two new multi-axis stages for super-resolution microscopy applications, providing highly accurate motion with sub-nanometer resolution over travel ranges of 200 µm in XY and XYZ. For all Major Microscopes: Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Zeiss The new PI nano1x3 ™ series XY and XYZ nanopositioning stages are designed for inverted microscopes from the four major players Leica, Nikon, Olympus and Zeiss. The low profile design of 20 mm (0.8”) facilitates the integration. |
Highlighted Companies
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PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. Piezo Nanopositioning 16 Albert Street Auburn, MA,01501 |
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SFO-Takumi Inc 970 Rincon Circle San Jose, CA,95131 |
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Steinmeyer Inc. 56 Middlesex Turnpike Burlington, MA,01803 |
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vTitan Corporation 4900 Hopyard Blvd - Suite 310 Pleasanton, CA,94588 |
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