Nanopositioning & micropositioning essentials
Featured Product from PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
PI Introduces Nanopositioning & Micropositioning Essentials with Short Delivery and Volume Savings
High-precision building blocks engineered for sub-micron and nanometer-level motion control – new from PI
PI (Physik Instrumente), a global leader in precision motion control and nano-positioning technologies, offers its Nanopositioning & Micropositioning Essentials portfolio, delivering core components with reduced lead times and volume discounts tailored for OEMs in research, automation, and advanced manufacturing.
Fast Access to Core Precision Components
This curated Essentials product line features high-precision building blocks engineered for sub-micron and nanometer-level motion control. Most products are available for fast delivery, while OEM customers benefit from volume pricing to help scale their development and production efforts efficiently.
"With the Nanopositioning & Micropositioning Essentials series, we’re putting precision and faster delivery front and center for research, OEMs, and integrators," said Walter Silvesky, President of PI Americas. "This program underscores our commitment to not only cutting-edge motion control but also improved accessibility and scalability for our customers.”
Highlights of Featured Product Categories
Product highlights include hexapods, precision linear and rotary stages, precision actuators, fast focus stages, and piezo nanopositioning stages—covering the essential building blocks for nanopositioning and micropositioning applications.
High Resolution Linear Actuators
•Compact piezo actuators, stepper motor actuators, and servo motor actuators
Hexapods
•Industrial 6-axis hexapod positioning systems that deliver synchronized six degree-of freedom motion with sub-micrometer precision—perfect for alignment, metrology, and 24/7 automation tasks.
Fast Focus Stages for Metrology & Microscopy
•Precision stages with voice-coil and piezo motors, optimized for rapid focal adjustments in optical and metrology setups—ideal when high speed and accuracy are essential.
Motorized Linear Stages
•High-precision linear translation stages powered by direct-drive linear motors, stepper motors, and servo motors
Motorized Rotary Stages
•High-precision rotary stages powered by direct-drive torque motors, worm-gear stepper motors, and servo motors
Piezo Flexure Stages
•Frictionless, capably guiding sub-nanometer motion through piezo-driven flexure mechanisms—ideal for microscopy, interferometry, and demanding scanning applications.
Supporting PI’s Market-Leading Capabilities
PI’s Essentials program underscores its industry strength, built from decades of expertise in photonics, semiconductors, microscopy, metrology, laser processing, and beyond. With deep technical support and a wide spectrum of motion solutions—from air bearings to hexapods—PI empowers customers to employ the best technological solution to each application challenge.
Industries Served
Semiconductors, Photonics, Laser Processing, Life Sciences, Precision Automation, Robotics, Research
About PI
PI is a leading manufacturer of air bearing stages, piezoelectric solutions, precision motion control equipment, and hexapod parallel-kinematics for semiconductor applications, photonics, bio-nano-technology and medical engineering. PI has been developing and manufacturing standard & custom precision products with piezoceramic and electromagnetic drives for 4 decades. The company has been ISO 9001 certified since 1994 and provides innovative, high-quality solutions for OEM and research. The PI group employs more than 1,000 people worldwide in 15 subsidiaries and R&D / engineering centers on 3 continents.