PICA Shear Multi-Axis Shear Actuators

Compact Multi-Axis Actuators

  • Single and multi-axis versions
  • Travel ranges to 10 × 10 × 10 µm
  • Extreme reliability: >109 cycles
  • Picometer resolution
PICA Shear Multi-Axis Shear Actuators
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Piezo shear actuators

Operating voltage -250 to 250 V. Lateral displacement is based on the piezoelectric shear effect. Excellent dynamics with minimum electric power requirement.

Variants with inner hole or for use in cryogenic and UHV environments to 10-9 hPa.

Possible modifications

  • Piezoceramic material

  • Nonmagnetic versions

  • Operating voltage range, displacement, layer thickness, cross-sectional dimension

  • Load capacity, force generation

  • Endpieces: flat, spherical, metal, ceramic, glass, sapphire, etc.

  • Reduced length tolerances

Application fields

  • Industry and research

  • Scanning applications

  • Microscopy

  • Precision mechanics

  • Switching applications

Specifications

Datasheet

Datasheet PICA Shear Multi-Axis Shear Actuators

Version / Date
2026-03-10
pdf - 553 KB
Version / Date
2026-03-10
pdf - 558 KB
Version / Date
2018-04-25
pdf - 777 KB

Downloads

Datasheet

Datasheet

Datasheet PICA Shear Multi-Axis Shear Actuators

Version / Date
2026-03-10
pdf - 553 KB
Version / Date
2026-03-10
pdf - 558 KB
Version / Date
2018-04-25
pdf - 777 KB

Documentation

Documentation

Short Instructions PZ257EK

PICA Piezo Actuators up to 1000 V: P-0xx, P-1xx, P-405, PICA Stack, PICA Power, PICA Thru, PICA Shear, Picoactuator®

Version / Date
3.0.0 04/2021
pdf - 812 KB
Version / Date
3.0.0 04/2021
pdf - 826 KB
Documentation

User Manual PZ252

PICA Shear Piezo Actuators: P-111, P-112, P-121, P-122, P-123, P-141, P-142, P-143, P-151, P-152, P-153, PICA Shear Customized Products

Version / Date
1.3.0 2018-12-19
pdf - 2 MB
Version / Date
1.3.0 2018-12-19
pdf - 2 MB

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