Low-Cost Motion-Amplified Piezo Actuators Provide Precision, Speed

Piezo-ceramic motors directly convert electrical energy into mechanical motion. They are energy efficient and provide very fast response and virtually unlimited positional resolution.

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Compared to piezo stack actuators, amplified piezo actuators provide extended motion ranges and can be easily integrated in OEM applications such as precision instrumentation, high speed valves, nano-dosing and pumping, optics alignment, nanopositioning, nano-dispensing, biotechnology, microfluidics, medical-devices, and microscopy and life-sciences.

Cost-optimized for large quantities, the lightweight P-604 amplified piezo flexure linear actuator provides a large travel of 300 µm in a small footprint of 13x20 mm, engineered for a long maintenance-free life. Zero-play flexure guides deliver frictionless and ultra-straight motion. At the heart of the motion-amplifying flexure design is a multilayer piezo ceramic element, of the same proprietary construction as the ones used on the Mars rover for their extreme reliability and lifetime beyond 100 billion cycles.

Closed-loop motion amplified piezo actuators with high-stiffness designs allow for high load capacity and insensitivity to shock and vibration. The integrated feedback sensors enable highly linear and repeatable motion when operated with a high performance closed-loop piezo-controller. PI’s patented, ceramic insulated multi-layer PICMA piezoelectric actuators are 100% vacuum compatible and can work in a wide temperature range.

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PI’s in-house engineered solutions have enabled customers around the world to increase their productivity and technological advantage for 5 decades. With a large basis of proven motion technologies and 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 sensors and piezo transducers to microscope nano-focus units, fast photonics alignment systems to multi-axis automation sub-systems.

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