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UIA-49 Virtual Symposium and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Exemption For Lead Update


The 49th Ultrasonic Industry Association (UIA) held its first virtual symposium April 26-28, 2021. APC International was pleased to be able to attend this virtual event. Despite being virtual, the UIA put on a wonderful symposium and the technical content presented at the conference
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Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Exemption for Lead Update

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances, or RoHS as commonly abbreviated, is the European Union's directive dealing with hazardous substance use in many industrial, commercial, and consumer applications. Among them are electronics (of many classifications) as well as piezoelectric ceramics and glass materials which contain lead(Pb).


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Basic Overview of Piezoelectric Materials in 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 method of
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Submit Your Research Project Article to APC

Want to get the word about your piezo project out to a global audience of thousands of interested professionals and earn money to use on APC's products at the same time? APC is accepting original 300 - 500 word articles about any project or experiments that you have done with piezoelectric
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Pacemaker Powered with Piezo Technology

Pacemakers, no doubt, have improved the lives of many.  Unfortunately, pacemakers are powered by batteries that, over time, lose their charge.  When this occurs, the patient has to undergo a repeat surgical procedure to replace the pacemaker's battery.  Piezoelectric materials may soon change all of this by eliminating the need
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Download the APC Piezo Property Calculator

APC International, Ltd. has announced the release of its APCPiezoCalc iPhone and iPad app. The APCPiezoCalc is an interactive mobile application that allows the user to easily calculate the frequency constant, resonance frequency, capacitance, dielectric constant, static displacement, and static voltage of many piezoelectric ceramic elements. To make calculations easier,
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Coyote Case Utilizes Piezo Technology

Introducing a great new product from Coyote Case, LLC using APC International's piezo technology!  The Coyote Case is a durable smartphone case that hides a powerful personal panic alarm coupled with an automated bluetooth-enabled security app. The Coyote Case makes use of a piezo disc bender in the
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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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