Advanced Manufacturing and Factory Automation Company - PI USA (Physik Instrumente)

Manufacturing
Marketing Partner

PI USA (Physik Instrumente)

PI is a privately held company that designs and manufactures world-class precision motion and automation systems including air bearings, hexapods and piezo drives at locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company was founded 5 decades ago and today employs more than 1700 people worldwide. PI's customers are leaders in high-tech industries and research institutes in fields such as photonics, life-sciences, semiconductors and aerospace.

Mailing Address:
440 Hartford Turnpike
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
United States of America

Tel: 508-832-3456

Email: info@pi-usa.us

Website: https://www.pi-usa.us/en/

Company Category: Engineering

Company Sector: Manufacturing

Keywords: Nano-precision motion systems, air bearings, hexapods, piezo

Partner Status: Marketing Partner

Products

PI USA - Do you know Hexapods?

With six degrees of freedom and extremely versatile motion and positioning capabilities, hexapods find applications in Aero-Space, Automation/Assembly, Life Sciences, Microscopy, Optics, Photonics. How can a hexapod help your application?

(Category: Motion Control)

Articles

7 Critical Design Challenges for High-Precision Gantry Automation Systems

Jun 5, 2026

Designing, manufacturing, and controlling a high-precision gantry is a complex, multidisciplinary challenge that requires deep expertise in structural mechanics, thermal behavior, mechatronics, and advanced motion control.

Photonics Array Alignment: Precision Active and Passive Techniques for High-Throughput PIC Production

Jun 6, 2025

In this post, we explore the evolution of photonics alignment â€” from early manual single-fiber setups to todayâ€™s fully automated FAU (Fiber Array Unit) alignment systems.

Fast Micro-Dispensing Actuators Benefit from the Piezoelectric Effect

Sep 18, 2024

Enhancing production line efficiency while meeting the quality standards of small-scale components requires the accurate dispensing of highly viscous substances, such as sealants, glues, or solder pastes.

High Precision Linear Motor Stages for Industrial Automation

Aug 24, 2020

Precision industrial motion systems are used in test, assembly or laser micro-machining of high precision and high value components and in electronics, optics, and photonics manufacturing, to name a few.

White Papers

ADVANCED NANOPOSITIONING AND MOTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOTONICS, SEMICONDUCTOR, AND LASER INDUSTRIES

Published by PI USA (Physik Instrumente)
Published Date: FEB 03, 2026

Integrating photonic structures or elements such as waveguides, photodiodes, lasers, and multiplexers presents a variety of demanding challenges to test and assembly processes, starting at wafer level through to final packaging. The common theme: multiple channels, multiple elements, and multiple interacting inputs, as well as outputs, across multiple degrees of freedom, all requiring multiple alignment optimization.