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Piezo Actuator Products:
Linear Piezo Motors
Piezo Actuators
Steering Mirrors
Multi-Axis Scanning
     / Flexure Stages
Piezo Controllers

Piezo-Tutorial
Features and Applications of Piezoelectric Positioning Systems
Glossary
Symbols and Units
Introduction
Quick Facts
Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity
Fundamentals of Piezomechanics
Actuators and Sensors
Fundamentals of Piezoelectric Actuators
Dynamic Operation Fundamentals
Piezo Actuator Electrical Fundamentals
Control of Piezo Actuators and Stages
Methods to Improve Dynamics
Environmental Conditions and Influences
Basic Designs of Piezoelectric Positioning Drives/Systems
Parallel and Serial Kinematics / Metrology
PMN Compared to PZT
Summary
Mounting and Handling Guidelines for Piezo Translators
Download / Support / Technotes
Get the PI Catalog
Tutorial: Piezoelectrics in Nanopositioning, Designing with Piezoelectric Actuators
Piezo Actuators | Linear Piezo Motors | Patch Transducers | Scanning Stages | Piezo Controllers | Steering Mirrors | Piezo Ceramic Materials




Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity

Displacement of Piezo Actuators

Sensors / Metrology

Methods to Improve Piezo Dynamics

Basic Designs of Piezoelectric Positioning Drives/Systems

Parallel and Serial Kinematics / Metrology

Piezo Stacks and Chips

Piezo Flexure Stages

Piezo Linear Motor Actuators
Piezo actuators are vital elements in today's ultra-precision motion control systems. They provide the highest accuracy, speed and resolution.

To use the advantages of piezoelectric positioning technology to its full extent, it is important to carefully analyze the application in which a piezo actuator or nanopositioning stage is to be used as a whole. Close contact between user and manufacturer is the best recipe for success.

Examples given in this tutorial indicate a small selection of the many applications common today. The relentless push for more accuracy and speed-whether in bio-nanotechnology, semiconductor / metrology, photonics / fiber optics or data storage devices-drives both the application and the continuous development of piezo technology.
Piezo Tutorial Sections Online
Features and Applications
Fundamentals of Piezomechanics, Actuators and
     Sensors

Fundamentals of Piezoelectric Actuators
Control of Piezo Actuators and Stages
Parallel and Serial Kinematics, PMN Compared
     to PZT
Piezo Catalog Downloads (PDF)
Piezo Positioning Tutorial
Piezo Actuator Catalog
Piezo Nanopositioning Systems Catalog
Piezo Tilt Platforms (Steering Mirrors) Catalog
Piezo Motors Catalog
Piezo Driver/Controller Catalog
Piezo Assemblies Catalog
Piezoelectric Materials Catalog
Complete PI Catalog (20 MB)

Piezo Online Catalogs (HTML)
Piezo Actuators
Piezo-Driven Nanopositioning & Scanning Stages
Active Optics / Piezo-Driven High-Dynamics
     Steering Mirrors
Piezo Drivers, Piezo Amplifiers, Piezo
     Nanopositioning Controllers
Piezo Ceramic Linear Motors & Stages
Capacitive Nanometrology Position Sensors
Hexapods / Motorized Micropositioning Stages
     & Actuators
Photonics Alignment Solutions
Motion Controllers for Micropositioning Systems

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