POSTED 08/21/2025

Auburn, MA — PI (Physik Instrumente), a world chief in precision motion control and positioning solutions, provides now not fresh and personalized air bearing linear slides. In step with decades of ride from PI’s USA engineering and manufacturing teams, these air bearings are designed for applications requiring ultra-tender, zero stick-breeze linear motion and sub-micron straightness and flatness.

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Frictionless Motion Efficiency for Tense Purposes

Air bearing slides float on a thin film of pressurized air, taking away mechanical contact between shifting and stationary ingredients. This fashion delivers almost about zero friction, zero wear, and distinctive motion uniformity, making them excellent for:

  • Precision metrology and ground profiling
  • Semiconductor wafer inspection and processing
  • Optical and mechanical alignment, precision assembly
  • Ultra-excessive-resolution scanning programs
  • Research and laboratory instrumentation

Key Parts & Advantages

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  • 50 to 1000mm motion fluctuate
  • 9 platform sizes: 50×50 to 300x300mm
  • As a lot as 760kg load
  • Sub-micrometer-stage straightness and flatness
  • No lubrication required, taking away particulate expertise
  • Zero backlash and zero stick-breeze for tender, uniform motion
  • Lengthy-term performance and not utilizing a mechanical wear
  • Configurable for integration with built-in motors, linear encoders, or exterior power programs

Engineered for Integration

These U.S.-manufactured passive air bearing rails could possibly even be paired with handbook adjustment mechanisms or built-in into better automated positioning programs the usage of linear motors or other actuation technologies. Accessible in extra than one sizes and load capacities, PI’s slides are cleanroom-appropriate and also shall be personalized for specialized environments, in conjunction with vacuum applications.

Industries Served

Optical metrology, ground profiling, Semiconductor wafer inspection, optical and mechanical alignment, precision assembly, laser expertise, tribology, excessive-resolution scanning programs, research and laboratory instrumentation.

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