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The tiny PI micropositioning stage on the Perseverance rover plays an important role in NASA's mission to detect traces of former life on the RED planet.
Jun 4th, 2021
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Cleanroom-compatible, this new high performance noncontact miniature linear slide from PI is suited for applications like wafer inspection, scanning/metrology, fiber alignment, laser micromachining and marking, autofocusing, and genome sequencing.
May 17th, 2021
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Cleanroom-compatible, this high performance noncontact positioner is well-suited for wafer inspection, fiber positioning, optics positioning, flat screen inspection, maskless lithography, and micron-LED manufacturing.
Apr 9th, 2021
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As the demand for higher data transmission rates is growing, communication via laser beams, terrestrial, ground-to-satellite, and satellite-to-satellite is opening up new possibilities. Fast fine steering mirrors keep laser beams stabilized and pointed in the right direction, making sure they reach their targets exactly, over thousands of miles.
Mar 3rd, 2021
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Vacuum chambers are limited in volume and products that go inside are better when they are smaller. PI offers 6-axis precision motion systems, based on parallel kinematics. These hexapod positioners are more compact than conventional multi-axis stages and provide more versatility at the same time, ideal for vacuum based high precision motion and alignment tasks with optics, fibers, and semiconductors.
Feb 17th, 2021
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In January 2021, Nanosurf acquired Scuba Probe Technologies, a startup company that develops atomic force microscopy probes for electrical measurements in liquid.
Feb 16th, 2021
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Nanosurf has launched the DriveAFM - a high-performance tip-scanning AFM that incorporates innovative technologies.
Dec 14th, 2020
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A compact 3-Axis piezo nanopositioning stage provides precision and speed for an award-winning desktop nanoprinter by TERA-print to find applications in photonics, meta-materials, electronics, soft robotics, and biomedicine.
Nov 20th, 2020
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High performance version provides more power for highly dynamic scanning and tracking applications in Laser, Semiconducor, Photonics, and Microscopy applications.
Nov 5th, 2020
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Compact linear stages for X, XY, and XYZ and a new miniature rotary stage for high precision positioning in vacuum and high vacuum applications in research and industry.
Sep 15th, 2020
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PI introduces two new optical power meters for automated photonics alignment applications.
Jul 31st, 2020
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This precision stage series is available in 3 linear motion ranges, for 3 different vacuum levels, and with different motors, from PI.
Jun 3rd, 2020
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Learn how to combine the best micrometer or nanometer class motorized stages, piezo stages, and sample holders while achieving requirements of high velocity and long term stability.
Apr 15th, 2020
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Superior positioning and geometric performance, absolute high-resolution encoders, and a large, 260mm clear aperture makes this air bearing stage a precision instrument for optical alignment, metrology, inspection, calibration, and scanning.
Apr 2nd, 2020
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A compact lightweight planar solution for precision automation, testing and assembly, PI's new air bearing systems deliver extremely precise XY motion with travel ranges from 50x50 to 300x300mm.
Mar 11th, 2020
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PI will highlight new gantries, air bearings, and precision motion control sub-systems for laser material processing, high resolution metrology / microscopy, and silicon photonics (SiP) alignment engines alongside novel piezoceramic drive solutions at Photonics West in San Francisco, starting February 4, 2020.
Jan 21st, 2020
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PI's new compact XY / XYZ gantry motion system provides overhead motion for industrial automation applications in assembly, pick-and-place, alignment, inspection, and custom 3D printer design.
Dec 17th, 2019
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2-Axis precision motion is available with low-profile integrated designs, in 3 travel ranges, with a choice of 3-phase linear motors, or recirculating ball screw drives, new from PI.
Nov 21st, 2019
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