PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. Headquarters Location
US Headquarters: Auburn, Massachusetts
Global Headquarters: Karlsruhe, Germany
Additional US locations in New England (MA and NH) and
CA: Irvine and Fremont CA
Regional sales representation throughout the US.
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About PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
PI (Physik Instrumente) is a global leader in precision automation, motion control, nano-positioning, piezo motor and piezo transducer technologies. PI North America is part of the PI Group, with more than $200 million in annual global sales and over 1300 employees world-wide.
Started more than 50 years ago, at a leading Quantum Optics and Physics lab in Germany, PI now runs R&D, production and technical support offices in the USA, Europe and Asia and provides innovative solutions for all leading companies and research institutes in high tech fields such as the semiconductor, photonics, pharmaceutical, medical and aerospace industry, to name a few. PI products can be found on earth, in space and even on Mars. As a leader in quality, PI has been ISO 9001 certified for almost 30 years.
Air Bearing Technology: Our team in Hopkinton, MA has extensive experience in designing frictionless ultra-high precision standard and custom motion systems that literarily float on air. These high-performance motion systems are often used for laser machining and semiconductor chip test and manufacturing systems.
Hexapod 6-Axis Precision Robots: PI is a leading manufacturer of Hexapod robots with sub-micron precision. Applications include photonics technology, miniature cameras, quantum computing, astronomy and surgery robots. The largest telescopes on earth and in space directly and indirectly benefit from hexapod robotic alignment systems.
Piezo Technology: Piezoelectric transducers are used in many medical applications from ultrasound imaging, to surgery tools. They can improve digital printing precision, from 3D bioprinters to industrial high-speed printers. Piezoelectric motors enable higher performance genome sequencing machines, atomic force microscopes and super-resolution optical microscopes, helping scientists find cures for deadly diseases. PI owns a specialized facility where piezo materials, transducers and ceramic motors are designed and manufactured. The outstanding quality was confirmed when NASA engineers qualified PI piezo actuators for the Mars Mission – observing zero failures after 100 billion test cycles.
PI US Head OfficeStarted more than 50 years ago, at a leading Quantum Optics and Physics lab in Germany, PI now runs R&D, production and technical support offices in the USA, Europe and Asia and provides innovative solutions for all leading companies and research institutes in high tech fields such as the semiconductor, photonics, pharmaceutical, medical and aerospace industry, to name a few. PI products can be found on earth, in space and even on Mars. As a leader in quality, PI has been ISO 9001 certified for almost 30 years.
Air Bearing Technology: Our team in Hopkinton, MA has extensive experience in designing frictionless ultra-high precision standard and custom motion systems that literarily float on air. These high-performance motion systems are often used for laser machining and semiconductor chip test and manufacturing systems.
Hexapod 6-Axis Precision Robots: PI is a leading manufacturer of Hexapod robots with sub-micron precision. Applications include photonics technology, miniature cameras, quantum computing, astronomy and surgery robots. The largest telescopes on earth and in space directly and indirectly benefit from hexapod robotic alignment systems.
Piezo Technology: Piezoelectric transducers are used in many medical applications from ultrasound imaging, to surgery tools. They can improve digital printing precision, from 3D bioprinters to industrial high-speed printers. Piezoelectric motors enable higher performance genome sequencing machines, atomic force microscopes and super-resolution optical microscopes, helping scientists find cures for deadly diseases. PI owns a specialized facility where piezo materials, transducers and ceramic motors are designed and manufactured. The outstanding quality was confirmed when NASA engineers qualified PI piezo actuators for the Mars Mission – observing zero failures after 100 billion test cycles.
The PI US head office in Auburn, MA features R&D, engineering, repair, sales, service facilities, application labs, a large warehouse, and nanometrology equipment for test & calibration. PI USA is ITAR registered, and equipped to handle your COTS or custom precision motion control / piezo / nanopositioning system requirements.
To the Future 2022It is in the nature of our solutions to break new ground. To look over the rim and to set new boundaries. We work globally in the most dynamic, challenging, and innovative markets and are already shaping the future today with technological innovations that create new trends and set new standards.
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Planar XY Air Bearing Stage: How does it work?Planar air bearing stages provide extremely straight and flat XY motion. Air bearing stages are used wafer inspection and scribing applications, as well as other ultra-precision motion applications such as flat panel inspection.
The cross-beam mounts to the Y axis via a highly engineered flexural coupling that provides yaw-compliance without sacrificing system stiffness. The gantry axis is a dual air-bearing design that incorporates dual linear motors and dual linear encoders. Ironless linear motors provide smooth motion and no cogging or attractive forces. Both incremental and absolute encoder options are available. The PIglide HS incorporates three high-accuracy linear encoders, one for the bridge axis and two for the gantry axis.
Photonics West 2019The cross-beam mounts to the Y axis via a highly engineered flexural coupling that provides yaw-compliance without sacrificing system stiffness. The gantry axis is a dual air-bearing design that incorporates dual linear motors and dual linear encoders. Ironless linear motors provide smooth motion and no cogging or attractive forces. Both incremental and absolute encoder options are available. The PIglide HS incorporates three high-accuracy linear encoders, one for the bridge axis and two for the gantry axis.
Introduction to fast 6DOF active alignment of silicon photonics components, arrays, and wafer level probing. PI at Photonics West. Solutions include advanced alignment algorithms, parallel kinematic alignment mechanisms, SiP wafer probers.
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Number of Employees in PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P.
51 to 200
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P. Revenue
$100M to $500M (USD)
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