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MicroPositioning, NanoPostioning, NanoAutomation
Solutions for Cutting-Edge Technologies

PI has represented excellence in ultra-precise motion-control systems
and piezoelectric NanoPositioning technology for more than 30 years.
 


MicroPositioning
Sub-micron incremental motion with travel ranges of tens to hundreds of millimeters, motorized/manual in nature.

NanoPositioning
Nanometer to sub-nanometer incremental motion with travel ranges of tens to hundreds of micrometers, solid state (piezoelectric) in nature—no stiction, fiction or backlash.


NanoAutomation® is NanoPositioning on a millisecond time scale.

30 Years Ahead

When PI introduced piezo-electric NanoPositioning technology 30 years ago, typical customers were research labs and universities working on laser cavity tuning, Fabry-Perot interferometers and filters. Few foresaw the impact of NanoPositionng and NanoAutomation® on manufacturing & testing processes in future technologies such as Fiber Optics, Semiconductors, Data Storage and Life Sciences. Today, even the Precision Machining industry employs NanoPositioning technology.
Future Technology Solutions

Today PI delivers Micro- & NanoPositioning solutions for all important high-tech markets:

  • Semiconductors
  • Data Storage
  • Photonics, Fiber Optics, Telecom
  • Life Sciences
  • Lasers, Optics, Microscopy
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Precision Machining
  • Astronomy

PI Ceramic manufactures piezo ceramics for actuators and sensors

 
 
Key Technologies In-House

PI's strategy is to keep sources for all key technologies in-house. We supervise each and every step from design to delivery in the following areas: Precision Mechanics, Digital & Analog Control Electronics, Sub-Nanometer Capacitive Position Sensors, Piezo Ceramics and Piezo Actuagores. This assures the highest quality and reduces cost.



      
PI Headquarters, near Karlsruhe, Germany



Space-qualified power supplies designed by former PI subsidiary GSG for XMM X-ray space telescope
 High-Quality Suppliers Provide Flexibility

For maximum flexibility, we have established long-term partnerships with a number of highly qualified and reliable suppliers of precision mechanics and electronics components.