APC Offers Many Options for Piezoelectric Materials

• April 16, 2015
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• By: APC
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• APC Materials,
• Product & Services

APC International has provided its customers with high purity piezoelectric materials that display low variability in their mechanical and electric properties for almost thirty years.

Piezoelectric Technology

Just recently APC expanded its capabilities to manufacture its full line of proprietary piezo materials at the company's headquarters in central Pennsylvania. Materials to be
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APC Provides Many Custom Solutions for All Project Needs

• April 2, 2015
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• By: APC
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• Piezo Applications,
• Product & Services

Being in the piezo business for almost thirty years, we're aware that working with piezoelectric ceramics can be challenging for many of our customers. To help our customers rise above these challenges APC offers a wide range of custom solutions including: device assembly, contract manufacturing, design consulting, and product
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Ultrasonic Cleaning and Piezo Transducers

• March 19, 2015
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• Piezo Applications,
• Product & Services

The basic design of an ultrasonic cleaning transducer comprises of a ceramic disk or a ceramic disk & metal disc combination that is bonded to the base of a cleaning tank. The design selected will impact the performance of the ultrasonic cleaning transducer. A piezo disk that is bonded
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Piezo Materials for Sensing Applications

• March 5, 2015
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• APC Materials,
• Piezo Applications

APC International has begun production of its two primary piezo materials for sensing applications at the company's new piezo powder manufacturing facility in Mackeyville, Pennsylvania. APC 850 has the best overall combination of piezoelectric properties for the majority of piezo sensors. APC 855 offers greater sensitivity than APC 850.
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APC International’s US Based Piezoelectric Powder Manufacturing Facility Opens for Operation

• March 2, 2015
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• By: APC
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• APC Materials,
• Product & Services

APC International is pleased to announce the opening of its new in-house piezo powder manufacturing facility adjacent to its piezoelectric ceramic manufacturing facility in Mackeyville, Pennsylvania. APC's new facility will allow APC to manufacture and develop a wide range of high quality lead zirconate titanate (PZT) materials. APC has already
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The Top Uses of Piezoelectricity in Everyday Applications

• February 13, 2015
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• By: APC
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• Piezo Applications

What do cell phones, diesel fuel injectors, acoustic guitar pickups, grill igniters, ultrasonic transducers, vibration sensors, certain printers, and musical greeting cards all have in common? Besides being electronic devices, all of these applications utilize piezoelectricity in some way. Let’s explore how piezoelectricity works and look at some applications of piezoelectric
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Ultrasonic Nebulizers (Fluid Atomizers)

• February 5, 2015
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• Piezo Applications,
• Product & Services

Ultrasonic nebulizers are very effective for atomizing a wide range of liquids. Nebulizers work by immersing a single piezoelectric ceramic disc several centimeters below the surface of a liquid and then applying a voltage that causes the ceramic disk to vibrate at megahertz frequencies. The compression waves generated by
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Ultrasonic Power Piezoelectric Transducers and Value Added Services From APC

• January 22, 2015
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• Piezo Applications,
• Product & Services

APC offers a variety of standard ultrasonic power piezoelectric transducers. Piezoelectric transducers from APC feature: - high electro-acoustical efficiency - large amplitude output - low heat generation - stable output unaffected by variations in load - four standard frequencies: 28 kHz, 40 kHz, 80 kHz, and 120 kHz Common applications that use piezoelectric transducers
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