New Miniature Hexapod for Photonics Alignment Provides Dynamics and Precision, and Automated Alignment Algorithms

Engineered by PI for high duty cycle applications, this new hexapod comes with a removable magnetic plate for fiber optic component holders and adapters.

AUBURN, Mass. (PRWEB) May 31, 2018

High Duty Cycle – Design for Industrial Alignment
The hexapod is designed for industrial precision alignment applications with long-life brushless motors and low friction ballscrews and joints. A powerful controller with build-in multi-axis alignment routines makes the new hexapod an ideal tool for automatic alignment tasks.

How do Hexapod Parallel Motion Systems work?
Hexapods are 6 DOF positioning / motion systems that derive 6-axis movement (XYZ, pitch, yaw, roll) from actuators placed in parallel between a top and bottom platform. Available in a variety of sizes with bases ranging from 50mm to 1m and different load capabilities up to 2 tons, PI hexapods are an easy solution to complex multi-axis precision motion applications. PI hexapods come with state-of-the-art controllers and software tools based on 25 years of hexapod R&D, resulting in fast solution implementation to a plethora of applications from medical to photonics. All 6 axes can be commanded simply as Cartesian coordinates, and the center of rotation can be changed on the fly with a software command. Other advantages are the absence of friction and torque, caused by dragged cables.

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Features & Advantages

•     6-Axis system (XYZ, Theta X, Y, Z)
•     Travel ranges to 34mm linear / 42° rotary
•     Strut resolution: 5 nanometers
•     Load capacity to 10lbs
•     Repeatability to 0.06µm
•     Velocity to 20mm/sec

Standard and Custom
PI has in-house engineered solutions with over 4 decades of experience working with customers to provide products that meet application demands, and can quickly modify existing product designs or provide a fully customized OEM part to fit the exact requirements of the application.

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About PI
PI is a leading manufacturer of air bearing stages, piezoelectric solutions, precision motion control equipment, and hexapod parallel-kinematics for semiconductor applications, photonics, bio-nano-technology and medical engineering. PI has been developing and manufacturing standard & custom precision products with piezoceramic and electromagnetic drives for 4 decades. The company has been ISO 9001 certified since 1994 and provides innovative, high-quality solutions for OEM and research. The PI group employs more than 1,000 people worldwide in 15 subsidiaries and R&D / engineering centers on 3 continents.

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