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PI Ceramic GmbH

Lindenstraße 07589 Lederhose Thuringia Melina Ramakic +49-36604-882-0 +49-36604-882-4109 info@piceramic.com www.piceramic.com

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390; 80 engineers 1992

Piezoceramic components, ultrasonic transducers and actuators for medical technology, e. g. | Therapeutic and Surgical Instruments | Medical Sensors | Microfluidics | Diagnostic Imaging | Medical Implants

€35m in 2020

Pushing Forward Industry and Research with Piezo Technology

Pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible, together with our customers – this is the ambition that motivates and drives PI Ceramic daily.

PI Ceramic develops and produces high-tech solutions with piezo technology. As part of the PI Group, PI Ceramic is the global competence centre for piezo technology, with a broad product portfolio – from piezoceramic components to ultrasonic transducers to actuators. With 30 years of experience, the medium-sized company is successfully active in the most innovative markets and realises demanding applications in medical technology, industrial sensor technology, and precision dosing.

Improving Quality of Life – with Piezo Power at the Heart of the Application

Piezo technology makes faster medical diagnostics and gentler therapies possible.

With in vitro diagnostics, liquid handling can be realised in the smallest space by using energy-efficient and compact piezo elements. Dosing, moving, mixing, and separating samples with the tiniest volumes and different properties becomes possible. Piezo technology also significantly contributes to the increase in throughput of these analytical instruments while at the same it contributes to their miniaturisation.

With the help of piezo elements, disruptive therapeutic measures, e.g. with ultrasound, can be implemented. Therapeutic and surgical instruments can thus carry out noninvasive and minimally invasive surgeries at extreme speeds, with lower side effects and faster haling. Most modern imaging methods profit from special ultrasonic transducers that decisively increase the performance of endoscopes, for example; and medical implants can smartly replace damaged body functions.

Furthermore, contactless ultrasonic sensors can ensure seamless therapy management in patient monitoring.

The Product Portfolio

PI Ceramic offers flexible quantities of standard and customer-specific piezo solutions in various geometries, sizes, and value-added levels – be it just one actuator or several millions. All manufacturing steps are carried out in-house at the German company site: from the development and production of the material to the finished, installable, and quality-tested product. The product portfolio includes: › Piezoceramic components › Piezoceramic ultrasonic transducers › Piezoceramic actuators › Assembly of piezo components, e.g. with flexible printed circuit boards › Piezo amplifiers and controllers

The Offer

The company also assembles and integrates the piezo elements. This includes both the electrical contacting according to the customer’s requirements and the mounting into components provided by the customer as well as gluing or casting the piezo ceramics.

With the knowledge and experience from applications, technologies, and available capacities, PI Ceramic can develop products and solutions with the customer that fit optimally into the respective application. In this way, new developments and technologies can be enabled for different markets in order to shape the world of tomorrow.