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Issue 2.18                                      Did you miss our last email?
Email Title - Piezo Behavior and Stripe Actuators


Parameters Affecting Piezo Behavior

    Understanding the relationships between input frequency and other relevant parameters is a determining factor leading to success when working with piezoelectric ceramic elements. APC International has many resources available to provide guidance in this area. Alternatively, it is not uncommon to face cost or quality related challenges when manufacturing sub-assemblies involving piezo parts. Contact an APC International representative if you are interested in exploring options to outsource your assembly.
     

Parameters & Relationships Reviewed:

  • Significance of input frequency       
  • Resonance frequency
  • Anti-resonance frequency
  • Stability
  • Electrical and thermal limitations
  • Impedance as a function of frequency


Resonance Frequency Guidance

Electrical and Thermal Limitations

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Stripe Actuators: Bi-laminar Flexing Actuators

                            
    
    APC International offers a variety of standard Stripe Actuators. Typical applications for these actuators range from needle control to cooling devices for electronics. These actuators can be custom manufactured for your application if the standard Stripe Actuators do not provide the required performance. Questions concerning how to secure stripe actuators and attach leads are common. See the links below for guidance available at www.americanpiezo.com.



Stripe Actuator Pictures
Stripe Actuator Highlights:
  • Catalog items 40-XXXX (see website)
  • Surface protected from humidity and dust
  • Helpful technical notes available
  • Advanced layering technology
  • >2.5mm deflection at 150 V input
  • Useful blocking forces




Technical notes on Stripe Actuators

Securing a Stripe Actuator; Connecting Leads

Standard Stripe Actuator List

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The symposium will be a premier event for scientists, clinicians and others interested in current and future applications of MR-guided focused ultrasound. The program will offer a multifaceted exploration of this emerging field and feature plenary sessions, panel discussions, poster presentations and technical exhibits.

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EMA 2011 is designed for materials scientists, engineers, students, researchers and manufacturers with an interest in renewable energy, innovative hybrid and all-electric transportation development, electrical ceramics and advanced microelectronics. This meeting will continue to foster this atmosphere and facilitate these relationships. Go to the EMA 2011 Home website for details!

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                               When: May 23-25, 2011


Where: Glasgow, Scotland, UK


This workshop provides a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art materials and devices to generate, detect and suppress sound. Papers will be presented and commercial firms may also display and/or present products. A copy of the call for papers will be posted in on the UIA website later in 2010 - keep an eye out for updates!










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