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High-speed NanoCube 3-axis piezo motion stage

By Danielle Collins | October 6, 2016

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The new P-616 NanoCube® XYZ piezo scanner is a redesign of PI’s successful P-611, 3D positioning stage. Now based on a parallel-kinematic design, with only one lightweight moving platform for all 3 axes, higher precision and dynamics are available in a more compact package. As the newest miniature multi-axis stage from PI, the P-616 NanoCube is also the smallest and lightest system with capacitive feedback delivering 100 µm travel range.

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Digital Controller for Higher Speed, Improved Linearity

The positioner is operated with PI’s new E-727 digital servo piezo controller. Compared to conventional analog piezo controllers, it offers the advantage of higher linearity, faster settling and scanning speed, and easy access to all motion parameters. An all-inclusive software package is included: drivers for LabVIEW, dynamic libraries for Windows and Linux, MATLAB. Interfaces consist of USB, SPI, RS-232, and analog. Supported functions include Wave generator, data recorder, auto zero, and trigger I/O.

Long-Life Piezo Drives

The XYZ stage is driven by ceramic-encapsulated, preloaded PICMA® piezo actuators that provide better performance and reliability than conventionally insulated piezo actuators. Actuators, guidance, and sensors are maintenance-free, not subject to wear, and offer extraordinary lifetime and cost-effectiveness. In reliability tests carried out by NASA/JPL for the Mars Mission, the actuators survived 100 billion cycles without failures.

Applications of the NanoCube

Fields of applications include photonics alignment, microscopy, 3D imaging, screening, surface analysis, and wafer inspection.

Features & Advantages

  • High-speed XYZ scanner
  • Millisecond step & settle
  • 100 µm travel ranges in XYZ
  • Capacitive feedback for sub-nm resolution

Standard and Custom

In addition to a large variety of standard piezo mechanic stages, PI can quickly modify existing product designs or provide a fully customized OEM part to fit the exact requirements of the application.

Read about piezo flexure actuators, nanopositioners, and piezo mechanisms.

Get specifications, data sheets, and more information.

Watch a background video on piezo flexure nanopositioners.

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Filed Under: Linear Motion Tips, Motion control • motor controls
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