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PI USA (Physik Instrumente)

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 1300 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:
16 Albert Street
Auburn, MA 01501
United States of America

Tel: 508-832-3456

Fax: 508-832-0506

Email: info@pi-usa.us

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

Company Category: Processing & Handling

Geographic Region: USA - North East

Company Sector: Manufacturing

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

Partner Status: Marketing Partner

Products

PI USA - Large Aperture Rotary Air Bearing Stage

PI USA - Large Aperture Rotary Air Bearing Stage

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. Features and advantages include ⌀260mm clear aperture, 77kg load capacity, 0.0015µrad resolution (max.), 500 RPM (max.), flatness/eccentricity of <175/300nm, wobble of < 1 µrad, and direct drive motor. Air-bearings have no rolling or sliding elements and deliver frictionless, non-contact motion, resulting in negligible reversal error, better flatness, and minimal wobble and eccentricity. All these are ideal prerequisites for applications such as inspection and metrology, calibration, and scanning of high-end parts (i.e., infrared and precision optics, turbine blades, shafts and bearings) in industries like aerospace, aircraft, automotive, semiconductors, and photonics.

(Category: Motion Control)

Articles

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

HOW 6-DOF ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE

Published by PI USA (Physik Instrumente)
Published Date: APR 03, 2020
PI’s 6-DOF alignment technology, integrated in many telescopes, is part of this success story. PI precision motion components (piezo mechanisms) were also involved, when the first merger of black holes was detected by the LIGO collaboration in February 2016, proving the existence of gravitational waves.

CONTROLLING HEXAPOD 6-DOF ALIGNMENT ROBOTS VIA ETHERCAT

Published by PI USA (Physik Instrumente)
Published Date: APR 03, 2020
The latest generation of PI hexapod controllers with integrated EtherCAT interface now make it very easy for users to integrate hexapods into automation systems without the need for to perform challenging kinematic transformations.

Press Releases

Performance Automation: New Linear Motor Stages for High Load / Precision Industrial Applications and New EtherCat Motion Controllers

Submitted on: 08/14/20, 06:08 AM
PI's V-817 linear stage series with ironless 3-phase linear motors is well-suited for precision automation applications such as sensor and camera positioning, laser welding, optical and tactile testing, and wafer processing and inspection.

New Precision Linear Stage Family for Ultra High Vacuum Applications

Submitted on: 06/03/20, 06:11 AM
This precision stage series is available in 3 linear motion ranges, for 3 different vacuum levels, and with different motors, from PI.

Compact XY Air Bearing Positioning Stages with Extended Travel Ranges, 50x50 to 300x300mm

Submitted on: 04/03/20, 05:43 AM
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.

Gantry Motion System for Inspection, Assembly, and 3D Printing

Submitted on: 04/03/20, 05:42 AM
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. The A-351 compact gantry is designed and manufactured in the USA by PI's air bearing & precision motion division in Hopkinton, MA.

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