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News Release from: PI (Physik Instrumente) | Subject: Nanoprecision Objective Z-Motors
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 February 2007
Microscopy objective scanner systems
Physik Instrumente offers a series of high-speed microscopy objective scanner systems for 3-D microscopy applications.
PI (Physik Instrumente) L.P., a leading manufacturer of nanopositioning and precision motion-control equipment for life science, photonics and semiconductor applications, offers a series of high-speed microscopy objective scanner systems for 3-D microscopy applications The new PIFOC piezo Z-drives systems are designed for easy integration into high-resolution microscopes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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They are available as components or as complete systems including the piezo objective scanner, a controller and two distance cases.The PIFOC units are ideal for high speed Z-stack image acquisition, the basis for the generation of 3-D views of samples in high-resolution, optical microscopes.
Conventional Z-drives use a motorized actuator and motor controller to create numerous focus planes during focusing.
The individual "slices" are then processed with special software to form one 3-D image.
PIFOC systems are compatible with all major image acquisition packages.Piezo-actuated Z-drives, achieve significantly higher focusing speed (typically 10 msec vs.
100 msec) and resolution (typically 1 nm vs.
100 nm) than stepper motor-drives and thus provide higher-quality images in less time.The compact, light and stiff objective scanner design provides very fast response and does not disturb the sample which can be a problem with specimen scanners. Request a free brochure from PI (Physik Instrumente) ...
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