Category: Technology

The Importance of Automation Actuators and Precision Motion Control in Additive Manufacturing

Precision motion control and automated actuation are essential components in AM processes, providing quick and precise responses for 3D Structures.

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Point-Cloud Surface Reconstruction: What 3D Laser Manufacturing and Lidar Measurements have in Common

How PI supports Additive Manufacturing and Laser Materials Processing Applications

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3D Printing – Gantry Motion Platforms to Support 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing

Information on 3D Printing and 3D Print optimized gantry systems

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Piezo Flexure Actuators, Nanopositioners, and Other Piezo Mechanisms for Precision Motion Control Applications

How to use Piezo Flexure Mechanisms and Piezo Motors - Applications, Performance, Calculations

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What is the Difference between Parallel Positioners and Stacked Serial Kinematics?

Stewart Platforms vs. Conventional Mechanics - Differences and Advantages of Parallel Kinematic Machines in Precision Motion

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Fast Steering Mirrors for Deep Space / Free Space Optical Communication

High Precision Tip/Tilt Mechanisms Direct and Keep Laser Beams Precisely on Target

How PI Fast Steering Mirrors (FSM) support the Future of Laser Based Communication

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Flamingo Light Sheet Microscopes Rely on Drives from PI

Precise Sample Positioning is Crucial for Conclusive Images

Lightsheet microscopy (LSFM) is a powerful platform for in vivo imaging offering low phototoxicity and fast image acquisition. The Flamingo project from Professor Dr. Jan Huisken, Research Group Leader and Director of the Medical Engineering Department at Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, WI, aims to make this technology easily available to researchers.

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PIOne Sensors – High Performance for Nanopositioning Systems

An In-house Development for Precision over Large Travel Ranges

For conventional nanopositioning with piezo actuators and large travel ranges from 1 mm, incremental position sensors such as PIOne are used instead of capacitive sensors. Dr. Axel Grabowski, Head of Sensor Development at PI and developer of PIOne, explains the advantages of the the incremental position sensor with maximum resolution and moderate energy consumption.

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Ultrasonic Metering in Intensive Care Devices

Fight Against COVID-19

Viruses and other infections particularly affect people with pre-existing conditions such as renal or cardiovascular diseases. In regard to the treatment and therapy of such illnesses, the demands on the medical devices used are ever increasing. Piezo technology offers various possibilities to improve them: Using piezo transducers, for example, makes intensive care devices such as infusion systems smarter and facilitates vital patient monitoring.

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