PHIDRIVE

OUR STORY

Phi Drive, an innovative startup born in 2013. Develops linear and rotating drives using piezo-electric and pneumatic actuation. High precision positioning, and an E-Green soul with low energy consumption and absence of lubricants make these products suitable for many application fields.

Moreover, a design conceived for high levels of customization and miniaturization according to specific client requirements. The high level of innovation has allowed Phi Drive to stand out at national and european scales, obtaining different awards and acknowledgments:

  • Award of the ITALIAN REPUBLIC INNOVATION 2013
  • Winner of Italian National industrial Innovation
  • Winner of 2 Start Cup 2012
  • Winner of 2 Special Innovation Award
  • H2020 – SME Instrument – Aerospace

Phi Drive in steps

2013

  • Founded 16/03/2013 – Start up Innovative
  • Deposited 3 patent PTC
  • Phi Drive started at I3P, the innovative Enterprise incubator of the Politecnico of Torino, which is the main university based incubator and one of the best at European Level

2014

  • Alliance with commercial partner Comestero Sistemi S.p.A.
  • Extended the territoriality of intellectual property
  • Opened a commercial Office in Vimercate

2015

  • First product AG PNE
  • Project Management improvement
  • New patent presentation

2016

  • On the top of innovation & research in Europe (H2020_Program of research and innovation of EU) Seal of excellence By European commision

2017

  • New product COR-PS, the first linear positioner of Phi Drive

2018

  • New product COR-RS, the first rotary table of Phi Drive, was released
  • Birth of PHI-SS-MI, the compact version of COR-RS
  • AG-LT takes its first steps and decrees the success of the European H2020 project

2019

  • New GRIPHI, the microgripper for micromanipulation industry
  • The European H2020 project successfully ends

2020

  • PHI-SS-MA, the largest and most performing rotary table of Phi Drive, was released

2021

  • GRIPHI DRIVER, the easy way to drive GRIPHI piezoelectric grippers, was released

2022

  • PHI-SS and PHI-SS-ME, a flexible driver and a rotary table, were released
  • PHI-W wrist is born to increase the precision of robotic arms

2023

  • Partnership Balance Systems, transfer to the production site in Pessano con Bornago
  • Birth of  PHI-PKMM  to improve the manual positioning of lens

2024

  • New web site