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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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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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APC Piezo Transducers in Impulse Devices’ System

Using American Piezo's piezoelectric transducers Impulse Devices, Inc. has developed a solution to overcome destructive interference patterns of transducer resonance with the overall system resonance in an inertial cavitation application. With their solution, Impulse Devices has created a turnkey acoustic resonating system utilizing the consistency and quality of the APCI
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