Micropositioning Stages, Motorized Positioners & Precision Motion Systems
Linear stages, rotary tables, actuators, hexapods, piezo-motor drives, gantries and custom engineered positioning systems for OEM, research and production.
PI is a leading manufacturer of micropositioners and ultra-precision micropositioning stages for OEM and research applications. The product range includes motorized and piezoelectric motion control technologies, from miniature actuators to hybrid servo/piezo-driven linear stages, air-bearing systems, gantries and 6-D parallel-kinematic positioning systems.
Linear and rotary positioners can be configured as multi-axis assemblies, and many systems can be combined with optional piezo drives for motion resolution better than 1 nm. This makes the technology useful where conventional industrial motion is not accurate enough, but full nanometer-level positioning is not always required.
Compact precision stages and miniature positioning systems for space-limited instruments.
Piezo motor stages for compact, high-resolution motion and stable position holding.
Motorized and piezo-driven actuators for precision adjustment and OEM automation.
Multi-axis stage assemblies, hexapods and parallel-kinematic positioning systems.
Precision linear stages, vertical stages and translation systems for micropositioning.
High-precision rotary stages and tables for angular positioning and alignment.
Controllers, drives and motion software for coordinated precision positioning.
Piezo flexure stages and nanopositioning systems for sub-micrometer and nanometer motion.
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What Is Micropositioning — and Where Is It Required?
Micropositioning is the controlled motion of objects with micrometer-level precision, resolution, or repeatability. In the past, this level of precision was mostly limited to short travel ranges. Modern precision motion systems can now combine micrometer-scale accuracy with longer travel, multi-axis coordination, higher speeds and industrial automation interfaces.
Micropositioning equipment is used in test, validation and production when conventional motion systems are not accurate enough. Typical applications include microscopy, optics alignment, laser processing, metrology, optical inspection, medical device manufacturing, microassembly, photonics, semiconductor equipment and precision automation.
Precision Motion from Standard Components to Custom Systems
PI supports applications from miniature OEM mechanisms to engineered multi-axis systems, including linear, rotary, vertical, gantry, vacuum, air-bearing and piezo-assisted positioning platforms.
