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Piezo Product Usage Series: Piezoelectric Cylinders
APC International supplies a wide range of standard and custom designed piezoelectric cylinders. This post provides some additional background information on APC's piezo cylinders. APC's standard cylinders can be found here. For more information on APC's custom cylinders please review information about APC's custom piezoelectric elements.
Typical applications for piezo
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APC 855 Piezo Material is Back!
APC International is continuing the expansion of its domestically produced piezo material product line. APC's 855, Navy Type VI, material is now available as a USA MADE material. APC 855 is an excellent choice for applications such as accelerometers, level sensors, medical monitoring/diagnostics, pressure sensors, microphones and hydrophones. Specify APC
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APC Ceramic used in RPI Data Transmission Research Project
Great new use of piezoelectric ceramics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute! Doctoral student Tristan Lawry has developed a way to transmit large quantities of data and power wirelessly thorough thick metal walls using APC's piezoelectric ceramics. Tristan's research has many applications in the navel industry where one might want to transmit
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Piezo Product Usage Series: Nebulizer Products
APC International supplies a wide range of standard and custom designed Nebulizer Products. This post provides some additional background information on APC’s standard nebulizer products:
1.65MHz Nebulizer Board RoHS (Cat#50-1011.1)
1.65MHz Nebulizer Replacement Assembly (Cat#50-1013)
1.65MHz Nebulizer Crystal (Cat#50-1014).
Typical applications for nebulizer products include:
- Ultrasonic humidification (most common use)
- Atomizing
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APC Piezoelectric Ceramic Plant Tour
APC International releases a video tour of its manufacturing process in conjunction with the IMCPA. APC's highly skilled production team members have delivered millions of high quality piezoelectric ceramics and piezo components to our customers. You will be amazed at the care taken by our team throughout every step of
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Piezo Product Usage Series: Ultrasonic Cleaning Transducers
APC International supplies a wide range of standard and custom designed ultrasonic cleaning transducers. This post provides some additional background information on APC’s standard ultrasonic cleaning transducers (Cat. #90-40XX):
- Typical Drive Voltage: 400 volts peak–peak to 800 volts peak–peak
- Maximum Drive Voltage: ~ 1200 volts peak-peak
- Drive Signal: sine
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Piezoelectric Transducers Unlock New Doors
According to Innovation News Daily, AT&T Labs has developed a system using piezoelectric transducers that allows a person to unlock a door just by touching the door’s handle. The system, developed by AT&T Labs, requires two piezoelectric transducers. Piezoelectric transducers convert electrical energy into vibrational mechanical energy. Additionally, because
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Apple uses piezo sensor technology in new patent
Interesting new stuff from Apple! According to AppledInsider.com:
A recently published patent application from Apple reveals the company has looked into a flat keyboard that would detect acoustic pulses from users' taps instead of relying on physical key presses. (1)
Apple’s new keyboard apparently relies on both a captive touch sensor and
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