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Piezo Nano Positioning
Experience and Innovation
Product Development for Faster Time-To-Market
The heart of PI is the R&D
department, where physicists
and engineers work on tech-
nologies which will fulfill
tomorrow's stringent require-
ments for our customers.
With a large percentage of PI's
OEM business based on cus-
tom-designed products, the
wide ranging know-how, long
experience and initiative of the
developers is crucial to suc-
cess. Another important factor
is time-to-market, the fast
availability of prototypes for
evaluation, which are close to
the serial product.
PI R&D engineers employ
state-of-the-art FEA (finite ele-
ment analysis) simulation tools
and CAD software to develop
new electronics and mechan-
ics systems. This assures func-
tionality, precision and per-
formance before the first pro-
totype is ever built.
CAD Software (custom 6-DOF Hexapod shown on screen)
Photonics Circle
of Excellence
Awardone of a
number of inter-
national distinc-
tions received by
PI for product
innovation
Wall of Fame: More than 100 patented and patent pending technologies related to
nanopositioning, motion control and piezoelectric drive systems.
FEA stress simulation showing wire-EDM-cut flexure joint of a tip/tilt
mirror system for astronomical telescopes
Flexibility Through Modern
Organization: Fractals, Kanban,
Demand Flow Technology
The PI Production Department
is divided into several autarkic
fractals. Each fractal is virtually
a company within the compa-
ny, responsible for all proce-
dures from procurement and
production planning to quality
testing. Parts replenishment is,
to a large extent, handled by
Kanban, a parts movement
system making heavy use of
visual signals in place of docu-
ments. Small parts are no
longer ordered or tracked inter-
nally at all, but rather supplied
by an outside service provider
(outsourced C-part manage-
ment). All other aspects of pro-
duction and procurement are
subject to a Demand Flow
Technology system.
Environmental Protection and
Quality
The Integrated Management
System (IMS) of PI and PI
Ceramic includes not only the
ISO 9001 Quality Management
but also Environmental Pro-
tection and Job Safety (accord-
ing to ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001). This system assures
legal conformity of all proce-
dures as well as continuous
optimization of the processes
at all PI locations. Moreover,
the quality of the products and
services is a decisive factor for
competitiveness and success
of PI. Business partners can be
sure that PI delivers high quali-
ty products, something which
not only certified customers
have come to appreciate.
Good is Not Good Enough
We want our customers to be
excited about the quality of our
products and services. An
important tool in this quest is
Kaizen, a Japanese philosophy
of involving the entire enter-
prise in a strategy of analysis
and continuous improvement
of all procedures.
Periodic workshops bring the
Kaizen ethos to all PI employ-
ees, helping with goals like
making production more effi-
cient, eliminating unnecessary
processing loops, or instituting
"just in time" parts manage-
ment. In this way the company
can assimilate new develop-
ments more rapidly and make
important resources available
where needed. Delivery times
and costs are reduced and
quality improved.
Advantages for OEM
Customers
With a wide range of sophisti-
cated test and manufacturing
equipment, PI can react quickly
to product and development
demands, including those of
highly complex custom sys-
tems and subassemblies. PI's
high level of vertical integra-
tion means that all develop-
ment and production process-
es, from conception to the final
product, are within the reach of
the comprehensive quality
management program.
Production under Control
Manufacturing Fractals for high Efficiency and Quality
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Piezo Nano Positioning
Measurement technologies and
equipment employed by PI:
L52159 Nanometrology labs with
multiple thermal, acoustic
and seismic isolation for
reproducible measure-
ments in the sub-nano-
meter range
L52159 Laser interferometers with
a large variety of special
optics for 1-D to 6-D
measurements
L52159 Laser scanning vibrome-
ters for vibration meas-
urements
L52159 Capacitive position meas-
uring systems with sub-
nanometer resolution
L52159 Surface analysis interfer-
ometers for sub-nanome-
ter flatness measurement
L52159 Electronic autocollimators
L52159 Computer-controlled
environmental chambers
L52159 Spectrum analyzers
L52159 Coordinate measurement
machines (CMM)
L52159 Special microscopes
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