APC International Receives ISO 9001: 2015 Certification!

• January 22, 2019
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APC International ISO Cert After much hard work and dedication from the entire APC team, led by Quality Manager Jennifer Baker, we are extremely proud to announce that APC International has obtained its ISO 9001:2015 Certification. The comprehensive system audits covered every aspect of our operations. "Moving toward certification was an
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Traditional Piezo Stack Actuators for Ultrasonic Transduction Applications

• November 27, 2017
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Opening doors to potentially lower drive voltage in ultrasonic sensing applications

By: Jeff Zahnd, VP Engineering, APC International, Ltd APC has been supplying Stack Actuators for many years for a variety of applications. Typically, these are used in fine positioning or small movement applications at very low frequencies. Examples include positioning for ultrasonic
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Stack Actuators, Air Transducers, and Resources from American Piezo

• October 19, 2017
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High Performance Stack Actuators from APC International !

APC makes available free resources to assist with developing piezo systems

Piezo stack actuators are used as linear electromechanical drives, motors or force generators. They act as an expanding element generating small displacements at relatively high force levels. The complete motion cycle of
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The Piezoelectric Effect: Technology Generates Functional Benefits

• August 9, 2017
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Piezoelectric Technology Solutions

Anyone not familiar with it might immediately ask: What is the piezoelectric effect? It describes the various processes of electricity generation using a piezoelectric material. Technically, the piezoelectric effect is described as the linear electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and electrical state in crystalline materials that have no inversion
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Piezo Materials for High Power Applications Made in the USA!

• March 17, 2017
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Piezoelectric ceramics manufactured from "hard" piezo materials are characterized by having higher mechanical quality factors (Qm) and lower dissipation factors (dielectric losses, tanD) relative to soft PZT's. Ceramic components produced from these "hard" compositions are less susceptible to depolarization from heating under high duty cycles and/or stress. Generally, a lower
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APC International Introduces NEW Sensing Material – Soft PZT APC-854

• February 16, 2017
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The wait is OVER... 854 is HERE! In order to even better serve its customers with a more complete line of PZT materials, APC engineers are proud to announce the addition of APC-854 material to its already impressive line of PZT materials! APC-854 is a new unique material, the
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After Manufacturing 5: A Brief Introduction to Air Transducers

• October 28, 2016
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In our last several articles we have been delving into the anatomy of single and multiple element transducers as part of our "After Manufacturing" series of articles written to explore the multiple uses for piezoceramics once they are manufactured. Over the next several issues, we will explore some individual transducer
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After Manufacturing Part 3: Anatomy of a Single Element Transducer

• August 18, 2016
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Transduction, in general terms, means to convert energy from one form to another. In terms of piezoelectric transducers, it means the conversion of electrical to mechanical energy and/or vice-versa. This can take place in a variety of mediums (air, liquid, etc.) using a variety of transducer designs. To simplify our discussion,
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