Air Bearing Motion Systems Design & Manufacturing: Insights Into PI USA’s Design Operation
Air bearing slides and air bearing tables provide high performance motion for applications that require 24/7 operation with high speed, precision and repeatability and without the need for maintenance. Air bearings precision motion systems…
Seam Sealing of Electronic Packages Using Pulsed Laser Sources
To protect sensitive electronic components from contaminants seeping in and to ensure safe and reliable operation, the components’ housing must be sealed hermetically. Using a laser source as a tool provides high welding speeds and produces fine welding seams with narrow welding radiuses….
Enabling the Production of Photonic Devices w/ faster Alignment Automation Stages & Algorithms
Automation of alignment in photonics device test, production and assembly is crucial for boosting throughput. Faster multi-axis photonics and fiber alignment stages and improved algorithms are the base for any automated production line….
Photonics Device Sequencing: Speed up Test / Manufacture of LIDAR, Lenses, Lasers, Quantum Computing
PI’s Fast Laser Steering Mirrors for 2-Axis Beam Control & Optical Communication
Scalable Integrated Multi-Axis System to Accelerate the Implementation of Precision Automation
X-417 Integrated Multi-Axis System: Scalable standard integration levels for fast configuration, delivery and startup to accelerate the implementation of precision automation processes such as laser micromachining, 3D printing, test and inspection. Watch the video
Precision Motion Control for Lasers Processing
Recent successes in laser processing come down to a tandem of progression in ultra-short pulse laser technologies, motion control and industrial automation. In order to direct the laser beam precisely to where its energy is needed, either the beam can…
Configuring Sample Stages
The precise and fast movement of the sample or the objective play a crucial role for achieving good results when working with light microscopes. The demands on stages and scanners are manifold. In addition to the position resolution, which…
The Flamingo Microscopy Project: Interview with Prof. Jan Huisken
Professor Dr. Jan Huisken, Director of Medical Engineering at Morgridge Institute for Research, explains in an interview the technology and the philosophy of the Flamingo project and how the cooperation with PI has come about. Watch the video
Fully-Automated Testing of Silicon Photonics at Wafer Level
The integration of photonic structures or elements (e.g. waveguides, laser and photodiodes, multiplexer) on a silicon chip presents, already at wafer level, a multitude of new challenges for the testing technology of these elements. In order to transmit the…