Archive for the ‘Piezo in the News’ Category
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
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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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