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 Design & Simulation Tools 
 Improve Quality and Time-to-Market

PI engineers employ state-of-the-art CAD software for mechanics & electronics design and FEA (finite element analysis) simulation tools to develop new products. This assures functionality, accuracy and quality before the first prototype is ever built.

CAD software (picture shows a Hexapod 6D robot)

FEA stress simulation (picture shows wire-EDM-cut flexure joint of a large active tip/tilt mirror)


CAD software for digital and analog circuit design


Simulation software (picture shows simulation of a digital PID piezo motion controller)



R&D—PI's Heart
The heart of PI is the R&D Department, where close to 30% of our employees work to provide precision solutions to meet tomorrow's requirements.
With a large percentage of PI's OEM business based on custom-designed products, engineering power and expertise are crucial to our and our customers' success.


Advantages for OEM Customers
With our comprehensive test & manufacturing equipment, PI is in a position to react rapidly to the design and production demands of even the most sophisticated custom product or subassembly.

Our manufacturing groups employ kan-ban demand-flow technology to quickly react to varying requirements while reducing delivery time and cost.