Auburn, MA, PI Ceramic, a leading manufacturer of piezo ceramic precision actuators, materials, and sub-assemblies has released a new catalog called "Piezoelectric Actuators". The new 70 page document ...

This video offers a glimpse into the features of PiezoMike series of linear actuators by Physik Instrumente (PI). Based on low-cost inertia principle, the PiezoMike linear actuators are distinguished ...

New Brochure: Ultrasonic Piezo Motor Actuators for Automation PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. -- a leading manufacturer of ultra-precision motion-control and sensing equipment for bio / nanotechnology, ...

Quick availability, excellent temperature stability, humidity resistance, new from PI. (Nanowerk News) PI, a global leader in precision motion control and nanopositioning, is extending the ...

Piezo ceramic actuators combine rapid response with high resolution and high force generation, ideal prerequisites to drive highly-dynamic deformable mirrors. The principle has been used in adaptive ...

(Nanowerk News) The piezoelectric effect directly converts electrical energy into mechanical motion. PI uses this effect for high precision, solid-state based actuators and grippers. Embedding a ...

To increase the accessibility of piezoelectric transducers and actuators for OEM designers, manufacturers may package these devices inside a protective arrangement of flexures. This approach offers a ...

How does a piezoelectric transducer (actuator) work? Modern Piezo actuators are based on thin piezoceramic layers manufactured in a co-fired process to form a monolithic unit. They are also called ...

Piezo technology is particularly suitable for fulfilling specific requirements of active microfluidics in wide-ranging medical technology applications. A new white paper from PI Ceramic describes the ...

A high-speed head positioner in a hard-disk track profiler; a sensitive tip/tilt planarization mechanism for a semiconductor wafer chuck; a dimensionally-stabilized laser cavity; an active ...

Improvement in the design of medical equipment for better-streamlined functionality and performance is influenced by a number of critical factors. The research, design, modeling, testing, prototyping, ...

The P-601 series piezo flexure actuators provide travel ranges in excess of 1,000 µm, said to be 10 times the performance of standard piezo-stack actuators. Features include closed-loop control and ...