General Brochure - PiezoMotor - #3

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PiezoMotor 3 Who needs another type of electric motor? The conventional electromagnetic motor is one of the most successful industrial products of all times. Since its conception some 175 years ago, it has made inroads into every aspect of our lives. Today, close to 10 billion small electric motors are produced each year. What’s more, the numbers keep growing as new applications are added to the list. In the most basic modern car, for example, we find some 30 to 40 motors handling everything from adjusting the rear-view mirrors to opening the windows. In a luxury car, close to one hundred motors are used. So why would we need another type of motor? The answer is that for most applications we don’t; the well-proven electromagnetic motor will work just fine. But for a growing number of applications and products, this traditional solution has reached the end of the road. A new type of motor is replacing it – a piezoelectric motor – and the demand is growing. All underlying trends support this growth; we want smaller and smaller products, more and more portable devices with more features and longer battery life, plus greater energy efficiency and higher and higher precision. Is it for me? You can probably benefit from this new and innovative motor technology. To help you decide, we’ll describe its advantages and show you application examples from manufacturers who have already switched to a new solution from PiezoMotor.