Motorized Microscope Stages, Manual Stages and Piezo Microscope Positioners

High-stability XY microscope stages for automated microscopy, image stitching, scanning, long-travel sample positioning, and integration with fast piezo nanopositioning stages.

Motorized Microscope Stages for High-Stability Imaging

Ultrasonic piezo-motor microscope stages are self-locking at rest and provide better long-term stability than conventional lead-screw driven stages, where lubricant creep and mechanical play can contribute to drift. They are also compact because they do not require bulky external motors or long screw drives.

Ultrasonic motors provide a large dynamic velocity range, from microns per second to more than 100 mm/sec, while maintaining very smooth low-speed motion. The stiff ceramic motor drive enables fast step-and-settle behavior, helping automated microscopy systems acquire images faster and with better positioning stability.

PI also offers manual microscope stages. Both manual and motorized versions can be combined with fast piezo nanopositioning and scanning stages for sub-micron and nanometer-scale imaging tasks.

Typical Advantages

Self-locking ceramic motor drive
High long-term position stability
Smooth low-speed motion
Fast automated XY positioning
Compatible with piezo scanning stages

Video: Direct-Drive XY Motorized Microscope Stage

High-stability motorized microscope stages with piezo ceramic motors provide precise automated motion for microscopy, scanning, stitching, and long-duration imaging.

Motorized and Manual Microscope Stage Examples

Model	Description	Travel	Sensor
U-781 XY-Stage for Inverted Microscopes	Inverted XY microscope stage for Nikon, Zeiss, Olympus and Leica Microscopes. Compact, high-stability ceramic motor design with self-clamping drive, high speed, smooth low-speed capability, joystick, and controller.	128 x 86 mm	10 nanometer linear encoder
U-760 XY-Motorized Microscope Stage	Compact XY microscope stage with ceramic motors for ultra-high stability. Wide dynamic velocity range from microns/sec to 100 mm/sec, smooth low-speed motion, joystick, and controller.	25 x 25 mm	10 nanometer linear encoder
M-545 with PInano™	XY microscope stage with 25 x 25 mm travel shown with PInano piezo nanopositioner for 200 µm motion in X, Y, and Z. Stiff, high-stability design; ideal base for fast piezo scanning stages.	25 x 25 mm	-
M-545	XY microscope stage with 25 x 25 mm travel. Stiff, high-stability design, ideal as a basis for fast piezo scanning stages. Manual and motorized versions are available.	25 x 25 mm	-
Custom	Custom high-stability XY motorized microscope stage family. Self-locking piezo linear motors provide high stability in a low-profile, compact design. Velocity to 150 mm/sec, with controller, software, and joystick.	to 225 x 85 mm	Linear encoder
Custom	Custom compact XY motorized microscope stage with large aperture, linear encoder, and high stability due to self-locking ceramic motors. Combines with PI nanopositioning and scanning stages.	25 x 25 mm	Linear encoder