Piezostage specialist PI’s flexure piezo suppliers of actuators such as the P-601 series provide up to 10 times larger travel ranges than classical piezo stack actuators a in low profile package, with virtually unlimited resolution and lifetime.

The stiff construction allows for fast response with rise times much shorter than one millisecond. The design involves no friction, no lubricants and no wear.

Because of the many advantages over motor/leadscrew-driven positioners, more and more flexure actuators and piezo-stage systems are used in fast-focusing mechanisms and for other precision positioning tasks.

In life science applications, piezo actuators can be used for micro-dispensing and cock control applications, or for scanning and fast optical adjustments in drug screening apparatus.

Features & Advantages:
* Flexure Guidance for Frictionless, Ultra-Straight Motion
* Low Cost, OEM Piezo Driver Modules also Available
* Low Profile, High Stiffness, Travel Ranges to >1000 µm feasible,
* Closed-Loop Control, Resolution Better than 1 Nanometer
* PICMA® Long-Life Ceramic Encapsulated Piezo Actuators
* Optional Vacuum and Non-Magnetic Versions
* Fast Response, < 1 Millisecond Feasible

Typical Applications: Medical Instrumentation, Nanotechnology, Wash room Micro-Manufacturing, Auto Focus, High Throughput Screening, Micro-Dispensing, High-Speed Valve Control, Nanoliter Pumps, Professional laser & Spectrometer manufacturer Tuning

Lifetime
The lifetime of the actuators depends mainly on the integrated piezo-ceramic “motion engine”. Here, the latest ceramic encapsulated low-voltage multilayer piezo stacks provide up to 10 times longer service