The maximum electric field that most ceramic piezoelectric actuators can withstand is on the order of 1 kV/mm to 2 kV/mm.

Auburn, MA, PI Ceramic, a leading manufacturer of piezo ceramic precision actuators, materials, and sub-assemblies has released a new catalog called "Piezoelectric Actuators". The new 70 page document ...

Piezo actuators consist of up to hundreds of stacked layers of piezo-ceramic material ” lead zirconate titanate or PZT ” each approximately 80 m thick, which are then sintered in a complex process at ...

Piezoelectric ceramics (electroceramics) can directly convert electrical energy into mechanical motion and mechanical motion into electrical energy, based on a series of crystalline solid-state ...

This video shows the advanced piezo actuators from Physik Instrumente (PI). These instruments can convert electrical energy directly into mechanical energy and vice versa. Their motion is based on ...

Auburn, MA – piezo ceramics specialist PI ceramic offers a new line of co-fired multilayer piezo bimorph actuators. Bimorph piezo actuators achieve a mechanical amplification effect by different ...

The basis for this is a ceramic material newly developed by TDK, whose piezoelectric coupling - conversion of electrical power into mechanical power - is higher than 75 percent.

This video shows the advanced piezo actuators from Physik Instrumente (PI). These instruments can convert electrical energy directly into mechanical energy and vice versa. Their motion is based on ...

How do piezoelectric actuators perform under extreme conditions such as high temperatures, strong vibrations, and nanoscale ...

Piezoelectric ceramics consist of ferroelectric materials and quartz: High-purity PZT (plumbum, zirconate, titanate) powders are processed, pressed to shape, fired, and electroded.

Piezo actuators from our PI Ceramic division and precision stages from our PI miCos division were selected by NASA for the Mars Mission and are employed on in the Curiosity rover science lab.

Bender actuators are rectangular with a piece of piezo ceramic material that has been rendered conductive on both surfaces. This piece is also joined all along one side to a conductive substrate.