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Issue 5.24

Contract Manufacturing & Piezo Device Development   

Supporting Successful Piezo Projects for Over 25 Years

 

Piezoelectric components from APC offer unique properties that support a wide range of products on the market today.  Unfortunately, while piezoelectric ceramics offer some unique properties, their use presents some unique challenges that must be overcome.  APC's team has incorporated piezoelectric ceramics into piezo systems for over twenty-five years.  If you're having difficulty using piezoelectric components in your system give our experts a call.

 

APC's piezo devices team can support your piezo projects by:

  • Eliminating expenses
  • Reducing yield loss
  • Supplying ready to install piezo components
  • Allowing your staff to focus on higher value activities
  • Supporting piezo product development
  • Improving product design
  • Providing technical support and advice

 

Explore APC's Contract Manufacturing Services

 

Explore APC's Design Review Services

 

Contact an APC Representative to discuss your drawings and specifications

 

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Piezoelectric Ceramics for Research & Development
Small Quantities Available for  Delivery Now
 

Do you need piezoelectric components to test in your system?  APC has 100's of piezo components in stock and ready to ship.

 

Contact an APC Representative today...get your parts next week (or sooner).


Stack Actuator e-Book Available for Free Download  

 

APC's e-Book  First Steps Towards Piezoaction provides a primer on piezo actuators.  The e-Book provides an overview of:

  • Basic stack designs
  • Precise positioning
  • Motion and forces generated by a piezo stack
  • Dynamic operation of piezo stacks
  • Proper operation and handling of piezo stacks

APC's actuator e-Book will provide you with a better understanding of:

  • Characterization of piezo actuators
  • High voltage vs. Low voltage
  • Stack configurations
  • Precision positioning considerations
  • Motion and Forces, beyond simple positioning
  • Operating frequencies and resonance
  • Heat management
  • Low temperature operation
  • Selection guidance

Free Stack Actuator e-Book Download

 

Stack Actuator Background Information from APC

 

Contact An APC Representative to Discuss Your Stack Actuator Needs

First Steps Towards

Piezoaction e-Book


Piezo Stack Actuators

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

38th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites

 

When: January 26-31, 2014 

 

Where:

Hilton Daytona Beach Resort and Ocean Center
Daytona Beach Florida, USA
  
Event Info:
ICACC'14 is designed for materials scientists, engineers, researchers and manufacturers, delivering the opportunity to share knowledge and state-of-the-art advancements in materials technology. The American Ceramic Society's Engineering Ceramics Division and ACerS have been organizing this prestigious conference since 1977. There will be technical sessions and an industry exposition.
  
Topics Areas To Include:
  • Structural & Functional Ceramics   
  • Composites
  • Ceramic Coatings
  • Bio-ceramics'
  • Armor Ceramics
  • Emerging Ceramics & Technologies 

Symposia Listing 

 

More Event Details 

      
Daytona Beach, Florida.


SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Exhibition 2014

 

When: March 9-13, 2014

 

Where:

Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA  

 

Event Info: 

A multidisciplinary conference devoted to: energy harvesting, non-destructive evaluation (NDE), damage detection, structural health monitoring (SHM), dielectric elastomers, actuators, shape memory alloys and polymers, magnetorheological fluids, electroactive polymers (EAP), bioinspired and robotic systems, and smart materials, sensors, systems, and networks.

 

Topics Areas To Include:
  • Smart Structures & Materials -Structural Health Monitoring  
  • Piezoelectric Materials  
  • Embedded & Self-diagnostic Sensors
  •  Real-Time NDE
  • Robotic Systems   

More Event Details 

 

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International Society for Optics & Photonics


  

14th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound

When:

April 2-5, 2014  

 

Where:

Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA     
  

Event Info:

The ISTU 2014 symposium will be a gathering of esteemed experts from around the world. A broad range of topics will be covered such as Bubble-Enhanced Delivery, Brain Drug Delivery, Cavitation Studies, Clinical Studies, Transducers and Devices, Tumor Delivery and Treatment, and Gene and Cell Therapy. There will be poster and oral sessions.  

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International Society For Therapeutic Ultrasound
 
Caesar's Las Vegas

23rd IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF), International Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices (IWATMD), Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Workshop (PFM) 

When:

May 12-16, 2014 

 

Where:

The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA     
  

Event Info:

The 2014 ISAF/IWATMD/PFM joint conference will cover a wide range of topics around ferroelectric & piezoelectric materials and their applications as piezoelectrics, pyroelectrics, electro-optics, capacitors, and memory devices. The synergy that will result from co-hosting ISAF/PFM and IWATMD will enable participants from industry, national laboratories, and academia to gather in a highly interactive environment for technical exchange.

 

 

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  
  
  
  
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania