Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., manufacturer of nanopositioning stages and precision motion-control equipment for biomedical, semiconductor, imaging and nanotechnology applications, has released a new catalogue on nanopositioning systems. The 160-page catalogue focuses on piezo flexure based nanopositioning systems capable of repeatedly moving distances as small as the diameter of an atom.
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
PI (Physik Instrumente) and PI Ceramic have announced that they are planning to invest approximately US$13 million for the third extension of their piezo ceramics facility and R&D centre in Thuringia, Germany, over the next three years. At the groundbreaking ceremony, PI CEO Dr. Karl Spanner noted that after hiring ...
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Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Piezos are suitable for fast switching, as they offer electromagnetic quietness, good repeatability, high reliability and fast speeds. However, fast acceleration can mean recoil forces excite vibration in the pipette and both piezo and stepper actuators have suffered from these in the past, causing unwanted, repetitive solution switching for many milliseconds. Engineers ...
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