Use APC 850 Material for Sensing Applications
APC offers a variety of piezoelectric materials (PZT) to their customers. APC's lead zirconate titanate 850 material is manufactured in the USA with the highest purity raw materials available on the market.
For sensing applications, APC 850 is the ideal piezo material because of its unique mechanical and electrical
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Dice and Fill Composite and How to Secure Piezo Ceramics
When bulk piezoelectric ceramics don't meet your sensitivity or resolution needs consider using dice and fill composite ceramics from APC International. Dice & fill ceramics are the industry standard for piezo composites with frequencies of greater than 1 MHz.
Dice & fill composite ceramics are manufactured by dicing a piezoelectric
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Dice & Fill Composite Ceramics
When bulk piezoelectric ceramics don't meet your sensitivity or resolution needs consider using dice and fill composite ceramics from APC International. Dice & fill ceramics are the industry standard for piezo composites with frequencies of greater than 1 MHz.
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Dice &
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“How to” Secure Piezoelectric Ceramics
APC helps explain the best way to secure a piezoelectric ceramic to a solid surface
To secure a piezo ceramic to a solid surface, you have three primary options: gluing, soldering, and clamping. Of the three options the best approach to secure a piezo element is typically with a glue or
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Ultrasonic Welding and Standard Piezo Cylinders
Ultrasonic vibrations produced by piezoelectric ceramic elements can be used to generate heat to weld or melt thermoplastics.
In order for an ultrasonic transducer to be used in a welding application the longitudinal vibrations on the end of the transducer need to be amplified and concentrated onto a small surface area.
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Amps and Voltage Piezos Produce and Electrode Patterns APC Offers
Frequent Asked Customer Questions:
"How many amps & volts does a piezo produce?"
There is no exact answer to this question, it is all dependent on the piezo device used and the application the piezo device is to be incorporated into.
Piezoelectric ceramics can be effective when used in devices
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Determining Resonance Frequency and Ultrasonic Nebulizer Boards
When exposed to an AC electric field, a piezoelectric ceramic element changes dimensions cyclically, at the cycling frequency of the field. The frequency at which the ceramic element vibrates most readily, and most efficiently converts the electrical energy input into mechanical energy, is the resonance frequency.
The pattern of an
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Piezo Breeze Sensors and Value Added Services APC Provides
Piezo Breeze Sensors are a different approach to measuring air flow using piezoelectric ceramics.
A piezo breeze sensor discloses increases in the velocity of the air or other gas to which it is exposed. The sensor contains two piezoelectric elements in a series-opposed circuit.
One element is exposed to the gas whose
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