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Flexible ceramics - Piezo-ceramic DuraAct™ patch transducers now even thinner and more flexible

04-27-2009 06:49 PM CET | Industry, Real Estate & Construction

Press release from: Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG

Especially thin piezo ceramics permit bending radii of less than 10 mm

Especially thin piezo ceramics permit bending radii of less than 10 mm

Sensor, actuator and energy source for applications ranging from medical engineering to the monitoring of structures
PI Ceramic’s DuraAct™ patch transducers become even more flexible when active piezo films with a thickness of down to a mere 55 micrometers are used. Equipped with electrodes and laminated into polymer composite, these versions permit extreme bending radii of less than 10 mm. The piezo-composite element can thus also be used under the most difficult conditions. PI Ceramic has now successfully mastered the technological challenge of manufacturing and processing these extremely thin piezo ceramics.
The patented DuraAct™ transducers can be manufactured in various shapes, and specifically designed surfaces are not a problem either. Their relatively high electrical capacitance means these multi-talented transducers produce a relatively high signal yield even under difficult conditions. The new DuraAct™ generation makes it possible to record vibrations up to the ultrasonic range above 20 kHz. The electric voltage thus generated can be used to supply energy to electronic components, or other energy harvesting applications.
Possible fields of application of the DuraAct™ technology are to actively increase the stiffness of lightweight structures, in medical engineering and also in the construction of adaptive optics and intelligent, self-monitoring structures.

PI Ceramic (PIC) is one of the world’s leading companies in the field of piezo ceramics. PICMA® multilayer actuator technology, which has won awards for its reliability, is just one of the elements manufactured by PIC. The company has been developing and producing piezo ceramic materials and components for standard and OEM solutions since 1992: Piezo components, ultrasonic transducers, actuators and system solutions. PI Ceramic, a subsidiary of Physik Instrumente (PI), has its headquarters in Lederhose, Thuringia.

PI Ceramic GmbH
Lindenstrasse
07589 Lederhose
info@piceramic.de
www.piceramic.de

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