多光子蛍光顕微鏡、ゲノムシーケンス、ウェハー検査などの高度に専門化されたアプリケーションの多くは、トラベルレンジが長く、高精度でダイナミックな垂直位置決めシステムを必要とします。 Pi（Physik Instrumente）のV-308ボイスコイルPIFOCは素早く利用できるソリューションであり、高い速度と精度、シンプルな統合が得られます。

ガイドシステムの高精度アライメント、オートメーションプロセスでの光学システムの操作、あるいはマイクロメータネジに代わる電動代替品として活躍するPhysik Instrumente（PI）のリニアアクチュエーターM-230、M-235、L-220は、精度、力、汎用性を兼ね備えています。 動的な動きだけでなく、サブミクロン精度での位置決めにも適しており、リードタイムが短いことから、幅広い用途にすぐに利用できます。

ドイツの圧電セラミック部品に特化した企業PI Ceramic社は、多層テープ技術用の完全自動生産ラインを新たに導入しました。 この新ラインにより、開発プロジェクト用のサンプル製造が大幅にスピードアップし、少量生産の実現が可能になります。 ロボット工学、自動車用センサー、医療機器といった最先端技術の分野では、高精度の圧電セラミック部品が不可欠です。

With the P-725.xCDE1S focus scanner and the U-781 PILine XY stage system, PI completes its range of positioning systems for fluorescence microscopy applications. The dynamic focus scanner is offered as a complete package including controller and allows travel ranges up to 400 µm. The U-781 XY stage system with controller and joystick is mechanically compatible with inverted microscopes of leading manufacturers and offers interfaces to common microscopy software tools such as µ-Manager, MatLab, LabView, Python, and Nikon NIS Elements—all at an attractive price/performance ratio.

On September 16, 2024, Physik Instrumente (PI), the market and technology leader for high-precision positioning technology and piezo applications, inaugurated the new building of its Eschbach site in the Breisgau Business Park in southwestern Germany. Investments of approximately 20 million euros support the expansion of the global development and production center and strengthen the economic development of the region with state-of-the-art jobs.

On July 17, 2024, Physik Instrumente (PI) inaugurated the PI Technology Hub in Karlsruhe, Germany. On an area of 500 sqm, the hub offers space for ten employees of the central department “Global Research” as well as ten additional places for more extensive project work and for PhD students and working students. It is equipped with special laboratories to allow for hands-on experiments. The strategic proximity to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and other research institutions will promote an intensive exchange and close cooperation.

At the Faculty of Science of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, the PI Innovation Award, which is endowed with 2,500 euros, was presented for the first time. The award recognizes scientific research in the form of doctoral theses as the driving force behind innovative solutions and products. The work of award winner Dr. Teresa Wagner deals with new diagnostics for the early detection of therapy resistance in cancer.

At the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA Berlin in June, Physik Instrumente (PI) presented itself as a partner in the LuFo VI-1: ADMAS (Advanced Machining and Sealing) research project. Under the leadership of Airbus, PI has contributed its more than thirty years of expertise in hexapod development to the research project. The project, which was publicly funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and supervised by the DLR Project Management Agency for Aviation Research, was successfully completed at the end of April 2024.

PI Ceramic introduces the new product category “Piezoceramic Composites” based on the development of a new manufacturing technology. In this technology, piezoelectric ceramics are embedded in filling polymers. For this purpose, materials with high stiffness as well as with highly elastic polymer matrices can be used. The basic functionalities of piezoceramics, namely ultrasonic conversion and actuator technology, can thus be combined with the properties of the filling polymers. This allows a much better adaptation to application-specific conditions and requirements such as complex shapes as well as specifically adjustable acoustic, mechanical, and electrical properties.