Author: Stefan Vorndran

November 12, 2026· Stefan Vorndran

Physik Instrumente developed a high-performance 6-DOF hexapod motion and positioning system for highly dynamic compensation kinematics in aircraft construction. The project's goal was to enhance the processing and sealing precision of CFRP-components in resin transfer molding manufacturing processes, while also reducing manufacturing times and process costs.

November 12, 2026· Stefan Vorndran

Physik Instrumente developed a high-performance 6-DOF hexapod motion and positioning system for highly dynamic compensation kinematics in aircraft construction. The project's goal was to enhance the processing and sealing precision of CFRP-components in resin transfer molding manufacturing processes, while also reducing manufacturing times and process costs.

November 12, 2026· Stefan Vorndran

For over a decade, PI precision stages, hexapods, gantries, and piezo actuators supported development of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

November 12, 2026· Stefan Vorndran

For over a decade, PI precision stages, hexapods, gantries, and piezo actuators supported development of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

June 20, 2018· Stefan Vorndran

New Tools for Design Engineers of Optics and Precision Mechanical Systems Piezo stack actuators have been used in applications such as photonics alignment, positioning, force generation, and fast valve actuation for several decades. They provide high dynamics, but can also be used for quasi-static applications due to their high-stiffness and stability.

May 24, 2018· Dr. Markus Frietsch· Stefan Vorndran

Hexapods, six-legged parallel-kinematic machines, are quickly gaining ground in a broad range of industrial automation applications after “learning” how to directly communicate with PLC or CNC controllers via fieldbus interfaces.