Archive for the ‘Piezo Applications’ Category
Medical Applications of Ultrasonic Transducers
Technology has changed how we live, work and play. The healthcare industry is a prime example of how technology changes lives.
Medical technology continues to offer surprising advances in extending patients’ lives and providing a superior quality of life. One of the technologies that’s gained primary importance in providing these life-altering
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Piezoelectric Stack Actuators
An actuator is essentially a motor, or a generator of motion, usually linear and limited in range. A piezo actuator will generate a linear displacement when an electric field is applied, and this displacement is also capable of applying a force, and therefore the actuator is capable of doing
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Piezo Sensor Development from APC
Piezo sensors operate by converting a physical acceleration, pressure, or force to an electrical signal that will serve as an input to a data processing system. The signal from the sensor will often result in a response from the processing system.
APC offers two piezoelectric materials for use in sensing applications:
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Principles of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
What Is Energy Harvesting
Energy harvesting is approaching an interesting technological juncture wherein the power requirements for electronic devices have been reduced while at the same time the efficiency of energy harvesting devices has increased. Out of various possible energy harvesting technologies, piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting has emerged as a methodRead More...
APC Provides Many Custom Solutions for All Project Needs
Being in the piezo business for almost thirty years, we're aware that working with piezoelectric ceramics can be challenging for many of our customers. To help our customers rise above these challenges APC offers a wide range of custom solutions including: device assembly, contract manufacturing, design consulting, and product
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Ultrasonic Cleaning and Piezo Transducers
The basic design of an ultrasonic cleaning transducer comprises of a ceramic disk or a ceramic disk & metal disc combination that is bonded to the base of a cleaning tank. The design selected will impact the performance of the ultrasonic cleaning transducer.
A piezo disk that is bonded
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Piezo Materials for Sensing Applications
APC International has begun production of its two primary piezo materials for sensing applications at the company's new piezo powder manufacturing facility in Mackeyville, Pennsylvania.
APC 850 has the best overall combination of piezoelectric properties for the majority of piezo sensors.
APC 855 offers greater sensitivity than APC 850.
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The Top Uses of Piezoelectricity in Everyday Applications
What do cell phones, diesel fuel injectors, acoustic guitar pickups, grill igniters, ultrasonic transducers, vibration sensors, certain printers, and musical greeting cards all have in common? Besides being electronic devices, all of these applications utilize piezoelectricity in some way. Let’s explore how piezoelectricity works and look at some applications of piezoelectric
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