PI Offers Flexibility in Motion Control

Physik Instrumente (PI) displayed a broad range of piezoelectric drives and positioning systems at the Hannover Messe tradeshow. All piezoelectric actuators are own developments and are produced by the company itself this facilitates the flexible adaptation of drive systems to highly specialized applications. Compared with classical drives piezoelectric drives feature high velocity and millisecond response time in dynamic operation, small size with high force capacity and resolution down to one nanometer. Piezoelectric drives do not require holding currents at rest; in addition, they are basically vacuum compatible and neither create magnetic fields nor are they influenced by them.