PI Print Newsletter Archive: Precision Motion & Positioning

Issue 49, 2013

• Hexapod Automation Field Bus / G-Code

• Magnetic Direct Drives PIMag Voice Coil

• PiezoMotors for Automation

• Patch Transducers Multilayer Ceramics

• Stack Multilayer Ring Actuators

• New Piezo Motors Small, Fast, Powerful

• PI: 40 Years @ LASER World of PHOTONICS

Issue 48, 2013

• Maglev 6D Nanopositioner
  

• Hybrid Actuator for E-ELT Telescope
  

• New Hexapod Controller

• Scalable High-Load Hexapods
  

• Hexapod, Machining & PLC controllers
  

• 4-Axis Motion Controller
  

• Medical: Bubble Detection

Issue 47, 2012

• Miniature Piezo Motor Positioners

• PIShift: Compact Inertia Drive

• New Hexapod Controller

• Disk-Shaped Piezo Benders

• Hermetically Sealed Piezo Actuators

• Piezo for Ophthalmology

Issue 46, 2012

• Precision Gimbal Mount for Astronomical Interferometry

• Microscope Stage with Direct Drive

• Vacuum Assembly Line Precision Automation

• Linear Piezo Stage Long-Travel, Piezo Motor

• OEM Piezo Driver Up to 40 Channels

• Digital Piezo Controller 3 Axis, High Precision

Issue 45, 2012

• Maglev 6D Nanopositioner
  

• Hybrid Actuator for E-ELT Telescope
  

• New Hexapod Controller

• Scalable High-Load Hexapods
  

• Hexapod, Machining & PLC controllers
  

• 4-Axis Motion Controller
  

• Medical: Bubble Detection

Issue 44, 2011

• Nanoindentation: Measuring in the Subnanometer Range

• Motion Controller for Multi-Axis Piezo Systems

• Lead-Free Piezo Material Enters Series Production

• PI Ceramic on Continuous Growth

• Picoactuator^® with High Linearity

• Phase Shifter with Picoactuator^® Technology

• Piezo Motor Helps to Monitor Railway Track Movement

• Mini-Hexapod from PI

• Ultra-Low-Profile Precision Rotation Stage

Issue 43, 2010

• Nanoliter Dosing for Biotechnology, Diagnostics & Industry  

• Compact, Digital Motion Controller for Piezo Nanopositioning Systems  

• Linear Drive for Automation Technology   System Compatibility with Brushless Motors  

• More Freedom for PICMA^®  

• Version Check and Downloads Made Easy  

• Heading for Growth  

• PI Ceramic: New Website with More Information 

Issue 42, 2010

• Piezos in Optical Tweezers: Force Measurement in Nanoscopic Dimensions

• Something New in Microscopy: 1 mm Objective Stage with Piezo Stepping Drives: Fast Steps with Nanometer Precision over Record Travel Range

• Microscopy Profits from PI's Piezo Technology: PInano™ Scanning Stages for the Highly Accurate Positioning of Samples

Issue 41, 2010

• Vibration Isolation for Industry, Laboratory and Research

• Digital Motion Controller for Low-Cost Piezo systems

• Piezocube for 3D Structuring

• Piezoelectric Actuators for Various Levels of Integration

• Fit for Use in High Vacuum

• Low-Cost Drive Electronics for Piezo Linear Drives

• High-Load Linear Actuators for Nanopositioning

• New Piezo Stepping Actuators in the Top Three 

Issue 40, 2009

• Technical Progress with Ultrasonic Piezomotors

• S-340 Tip/Tilt Mirror Platform with New Sensors

• PILine^® Technology: Rotation Stage with 720 °/s is only 15 mm High

• Advanced Piezo Control for Faster Settling

• PI nano™ Precision Systems for Microscopy

• Medical Engineering News: Driven by Piezo

• Miniature Positioner with NEXACT^® Stepping Drive

Issue 39, 2009

• Piezo Nanopositioning Replacement Systems in Fluorescence Microscopy

• Miniaturized Piezo Motors for Safety Replacement Technology

• Rod Drive Mini Motor

• PI, a MathWorks Product Partner

• DuraAct™ Patch Transducers: Smaller & Thinner

• PI, a Carl Zeiss Supply Chain Partner

• Lower Profile Linear Motor Stages

Issue 38, 2008

• 3D Structuring in Nanotechnology

• PiezoWalk^® Linear Replacement Actuators

• Low-Profile, High Load Hexapod M-850KPAH

• Tools for Pixel Sub-Stepping

• Dispenser for Bio-Handling

• Networkable PILine^® Controller C-867

• E-616 Tip/Tilt Mirror OEM Controller

• OEM XY 50 mm Scanning Stage

• Tradeshows

Issue 37, 2008

• NEXACT^® PiezoWalk Drives

• Ultrasonic Piezo Linear Drives

• NEXACT^® Controller

• P-726- High Power Nanopositioner

• Mercury™ DC Motor Controller

• High-Load Hexapod

• E-712- New Multi-Axis Piezo Controller

• Increased Presence in Local Markets

• P-653- Tiny Ultrasonic Linear Motor Drive

Issue 36, 2007

• Digital Nanoworlds / E 753 Controller

• 6-DoF in a Small Package

• P-737 Piezo-Z Microscopy Specimen Scanning Stage

• Low-Profile XY θZ Stage for LCD and Semiconductor Inspection

• Tip/Tilt Mirror Platforms S-330

• New 3-Channel Electronics Module

• Low Profile Piezo Linear Motors

• Miniature Servo Motor Linear Stage

• PI – IMS Certified

Issue 35, 2007

• NEXACT^® PiezoWalk Drives

• PISeca™ Capacitive Gauge

• E-755 NEXLINE^® Controller

• Mercury™ Step Controller

• Large Aperture XY Stage

• Nanopositioning Stage Family P-733

• OEM Piezo Systems

• M-840 Hexapod

• New HVPZT with PICA™ Power

• DuraAct Patch Transducer

• LabVIEW^® Drivers

Issue 34, 2006

• PI Goes Hybrid

• Cost-Effective Micropositioners

• Fast OEM Linear Actuators

• Piezo Stages & Z-Actuators

• Piezo Servo-Controller

• Miniature Translation Stages

• PISeca™ Position Sensors

• Astronomy Contract

• Ultra-High Load LinearActuators

• Industrial Testing

Issue 33, 2006

•  High Performance for Cost Sensitive Applications

• New Modular Controller for Capacitance Sensors

• M-824: Smaller Vacuum Compatible Hexapod

• M-850 and Dental Research

• PICMA^® Piezo Actuator Family Extended

• Low-Profile Scanning and Microscopy Stages

Issue 32, 2003

• Smallest Linear Piezo Motor Stages

•  HERA™ Piezo NanoPositioners

•  PIFOC^® Piezo Nano-Focus Devices

• M-840 Hexapod

• Dynamic Digital Linearization

• Parallel Kinematics/Parallel Metrology

• P-363 PicoCube™

• PICMA™ Piezo Technology

• SALT Telescope

Issue 31, 2002

• PICMA Low-Voltage Piezo Ceramics

• New PI Website

• PIHera Nanopostitioning Systems

• Dynamic Linearization for Scanning Systems

• M-840 Hexalight

• Piezoelectric Actuators in Mechnical Engineering

Issue 30, 2002

• Multi-Axis NanoAutomation Controller

• PI Custom Waterproof Hexapods and ALMA

• PI and the Deutsches Museum

• The Photonics Process Platform

• The Inexpensive Apollo Controller

• Vacuum Nano Stages

• Mercury™ Networkable Controllers

Issue 29, 2002

• New PI Catalog

• Mercury DC Motor Controller

• Nanocube XYZ Nanopositioner

• PiezoMikes & Piezo Linear Motor Drives

• New Rotory Stages

• E-710 Digital Controllers

• PI Headquarters has Moved

Issue 27, 2000

• New 3D Coordinate Measuring Machine

• NanoCube: New XYZ Stage

• High Precision PIIntellistages

• Fast and Accurate Active Optics

• Digital Controller Line Expanded

• DC-Mike Linear Actuators Range Expanded

• New Piezo Actuator Bender Controllers

• PI Ceramic Piezo Tube Drives

Issue 26, 1999

• New Translation Stages

• Ultra-Fast, Digital Piezo Controller

• LabView Driver for E-710 Piezo Controller

• New Voice-Coil Scanner

• PI and Polytec at LASER 99

• Piezo Bender Actuators Provide 2 mm Travel

• PIFOCs^® for Confocal Microscopy

• LabView Driver for C-842 Motor Controller

• Hexapod for Satellite-Antenna Testing

Issue 25, 1999

• DC Motor Controller

• Fast Scanning Stage

• Software for C-844

• Precision Machining with Piezos

• Vibration-Killer

• Hexapod Surgical Robot

• NanoCapture Software

Issue 24, 1998

• New Nanopositioning Catalog

• M-400 translation Stages

• High Power PZT Amplifier

• PI Web Catalog

• NanoAutomation Controller

• LISA NanoPositioner

• PI Wins Photonics Award

• M-105 Translation Stage

• Custom PZT Actuators

• M-500 Translation Stages

Issue 23, 1997

• Sub-nm Measurements

• Revolutionary 6-Axis Manipulator

• Hexapod Robot Improved

• Digital Piezo Controller

• Modular PZT Flexure Stage

• PZT Multilayer Benders for Fiberoptic Switching

• OEM PZT Translators

• Windows™ Virtual Control Panel

• PZT Controller with RS-232 Interface

• High Power PZT Amplifier

Issue 22, 1997

• PI and Polytec Invest $6.6 M in New Facilities

• Sub-nm Z-Positioner for Scanning Microscopy

• Drivers for PZT Actuators and Positioning Systems

• New Two-Fluid Nozzle Spray Dryer Improves PZT Ceramics

• Software for the C-842 DC Motor Controller Board

Issue 21, 1996

• News from PI Ceramics

• New E-500 PZT Electronics

• Microscope Objective Positioner with nm Resolution

• M-038 Rotary Stages with New DC-Motor Drove and Reference Hall-Effect Sensor

• Novel Bending Tester for Highly Flexible Materials Employs PI Precision Positioners

• Piezo Ceramics for Adaptive Structures

Issue 20, 1995

• 25 Years of PI

• The PI Polytec Group

• PI--25 Years at a Peek

• New 200 µm PZT Flexure Stage

• New Voice Coil Scanning Stage

• New 25/50 mm Linear Drive Units

• M-515 Linear Stage with Optional Linear Encoders

• PI International

Issue 19, 1995

• News from PI Ceramics

• New LabView Driver Extends Life of F-603

• Piezoelectric Multilayer Contractors

• PI ISO 9001 Certified

• PI Continues Expansion

• Hexapod Wins 1995 Photonics Circle of Excellence Award