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Quick Delivery of Standard Piezo Elements and Soldering to Piezoelectric Ceramics

Quick Delivery Piezo Elements. APC Introduces New Line of In-Stock Piezoelectric Ceramics Developing a new piezoelectric sensor or ultrasonic transducer?  APC now stocks "standard" piezoelectric ceramics in shapes and sizes that are commonly used in these applications. APC maintains a stock of the following ceramics: - Disc - 6.35 mm OD
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Custom Piezo Elements from APC; APC’s iPhone App Makes Calculations Easy

Custom Piezoelectric Elements from APC: Piezo Discs, Rings, Plates and Cylinders For the last 28 years APC has served as a key supplier of piezoelectric ceramic elements to customers in the defense, medical, industrial equipment, and energy markets.  APC's technical sales team works with customers in the design stages of production
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Piezo Transducer Assembly and Standard Piezo Cylinders from APC

APC Offers Free Review of Piezo Transducer Designs   APC has recently expanded its offering of piezo transducer and piezo sensor assembly services. Let APC's team of experienced application engineers review your piezo transducer or piezo sensor design today to see if APC can reduce your assembly costs and improve
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APC Piezoelectric Ceramics in Medical Devices

APC manufactures both OEM and replacement parts incorporated in a wide range of medical devices. APC's piezoelectric ceramics have been used in everything from fetal heart monitors and diagnostic ultrasound to a variety of micro-motors used in surgical applications. Piezo motors require lower voltage, generate less heat, are non-magenetic, and
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High Power Piezo Materials and Piezo Motors from American Piezo

APC 840, APC 880, and APC 841 Materials Offer High Mechanical Quality Factors and Low Dielectric Loss APC supplies a wide range of piezoelectric ceramics to be used in high power applications. These products are typically manufactured from "hard" piezoelectric materials. High power ceramics are characterized by: - Large mechanical quality
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Testing and Inspecting of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Test Reports from APC Reduce Customer Costs! Employees at APC International take pride in the quality of the piezoelectric products produced and sold at our facilities in central Pennsylvania. The staff at APC International have years of experience testing and inspecting piezoelectric ceramics, piezo components, and piezo sub-assemblies. All piezoelectric
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Shear Mode Piezo Half-Rings from American Piezo

# APC International is pleased to offer custom shear mode piezo half-rings. Shear mode piezo half-rings are poled around the circumference of the ring (see red arrow below). Epoxy silver electrodes are then applied to the top and bottom surfaces of the ring or to the outer and inner diameters of
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Piezo Actuators from APC

APC International offers a wide range of standard and custom piezo actuators for use in a variety of different applications. A piezo actuator converts an electrical signal into a precisely controlled physical displacement, to finely adjust precision machining tools, lenses, or mirrors. Piezoelectric actuators are also used to control hydraulic valves,
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