Ultra-Low Inertia Flexure-Guided
Piezo Nanopositioning and Scanning Stages



Nanopositioning Stages, Examples

Compact Single Axis Stages for Cost Sensitive Applications
Compact Nano-Positioning
Stages for
Cost-Sensitive
Applications

Scanning Microscopy Stages with Clear Aperture
Scanning Microscopy Stages
with Clear Aperture

Multi-Axis Stages, Parallel Kinematics / Parallel Metrology
Multi-Axis Stages, Parallel
Kinematics / Parallel Metrology /
Nano-Positioning
Closed-Loop Single-Axis Stages with Direct Metrology
Closed-Loop Single-Axis Nano-Positioning Stages
with Direct Metrology

Objective Nanofocusing Stages
PIFOC Z-Stack Acquisition Objective Nanofocusing Stage



6-Axis Parallel Kinematics Stages
6-Axis Parallel Kinematics
Nano-Metrology Stages

Z & Low Cost Stages with Aperture
Low Cost Stages with Aperture:
P-612: 100x100µm,
Nano-Positioning


Z & Tip Tilt Stages
Z & Tip Tilt Nano-Positioning Stages


Custom Stages
Custom Nano-Positioning Stages


PI offers the largest selection of research- and industrial-reliability Piezo Actuators, Translators (linear actuators), Piezo Nano-Positioning Sytems and Piezo Steering Mirrors (Active Optics) worldwide. We have more than 30 years experience.

The PI piezoelectrically driven EDM (Electric Discharge Machining) cut flexure stages offer displacement ranges of 5 to 1000µm (rotation to several mrad) and limit out plane motion to sub-nm/sub-arcsecond deviation/tilt. Some of the our flexure stages can be fitted with our capacitive sensors which provide resolution and repeatability better than 1 nm. Features of the PI flexure stages include:

  • Single and Multi-Axis Systems up to 6 Degrees of Freedom
  • Single Module Parallel-Kinematic Multi-Axis Systems with Large Aperture
  • Ultra-Fast Response
  • Advanced Control Techniques for Fastest Possible Settling
  • Optional Integrated Position Feedback for Closed-Loop Operation and Non-Linearity Compensation
  • Step or Continuous Operation: Step Response in Low Millisecond Range
  • Optional Integrated Capacitive Displacement Sensors with <1 nm Accuracy
  • OEM and Custom Designs

Download Paper on State-of-the-Art Nano-Positioning Technology


Examples of Flexure Nano-Positioning Stages

P-527 Nano-Positioning Stage

Nano-Positioning Selection Guide
Examples of Custom Nano-Positioning Stages




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