Linear actuators are essential components for precise motion and positioning in industrial and research applications. PI offers a broad range of actuators, allowing users to select the optimal solution for their specific needs.
Options range from piezomotor-based actuators for long-term stability in vacuum or nanomagnetic environments to reliable stepper and DC motor solutions. Advanced options such as voice coil actuators offer high dynamics with precise force control, while nanopositioning piezo actuators deliver exceptional resolution, high force, and fast response.
Solutions including active piezo shims, compact piezomove lever actuators, and PiezoMike ctuators for long-term stability ensure accuracy, flexibility and reliable performance in set-and-forget applications such as optical alignment in laser systems.
PIRest Active Piezo Shims
If a target or an actual dimension between two components inside precision machines changes, readjustment may be necessary.PI has found the perfect solution for this and developed the PI Rest piezo-based “shims”. Read more
PiezoMove Lever Actuators
PiezoMove actuators are flexure-guided and have strokes up to 1 mm. Being very compact, they can be easily integrated. Customized designs are optimized for stroke, dynamics and compactness. They benefit from the long lifetime and high reliability that PICMA® actuators are renowned for. Read more
PiezoMike Actuators for Long-Term Stability
The PiezoMike linear actuators offer the high resolution of piezo direct drives, high forces and absolutely stable positioning. This makes them ideal for set-and-forget applications with high precision requirements like the positioning of optical elements in a laser application. Read more
Voice Coil Actuators with High Dynamics & Force Control Option
Voice coil drives show very high velocities and allow for fast step-and-settle. Wear-free flexure guidings or mechanical guidings are available. The optional force control allows for stand-alone solutions in pressure-sensitive device testing. Read more
Controller Systems for Multiple Axes & Mixed Drive Types
Modular motion controllers offer maximum flexibility for successively integrating more axes into a system. Different drive types can thus be controlled via a single interface. Read more
Linear Actuators with Stepper & DC Servo Motors
Motorized linear actuators are indispensable in automation routines from industrial production to adjustment in research laboratories. Read more