Testing of blood, saliva, urine or tissue samples from humans or animals to diagnose and detect diseases, like COVID-19, at an early stage, requires systems that are fast, easy to use, and widely available. As a leader in piezo transducers and nanopositioning, PI (Physik Instrumente) LP provides several products that can be used in various testing methods, such as IVD, cytometry, cell isolation, cell-line engineering, printing of microarrays and lab-on-a-chip systems.
Piezoceramic Components – the Gold Standard
Piezo ceramics, a special form of electro-ceramics, are the gold standard when it comes to precision, speed, and force in a small package. The piezoelectric effect is based on the generation of charges through the application of force by a crystal and vice versa, therefore piezo ceramics react with an immediate displacement when applying an electric drive voltage. Piezo components have low power consumption and high durability and reliability, making them suitable to be employed in battery operated point-of-care applications as well as large lab automation devices. This effect is applied to plates and discs for shock-free moving and mixing of small amounts of fluid, valves to control very low flow rates, and ultrafast actuators or tubes for precise droplet generation.
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PI’s in-house engineered systems and components have enabled customers around the world to increase their productivity and technological advantage for 5 decades. With a large basis of standard precision motion products and proven methodologies, PI is in the position to quickly modify existing designs or provide a fully customized OEM solution to fit the exact requirements of your application from the whole motion range from finger-tip sized nano-positioners to large scale stages with long travel ranges, through a plethora of different drives and guiding systems.
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