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From the Material to the Piezo Transducer Research, Development, and Production of Piezo Ceramic Components The Piezoelectric Effect is the Basis for Sensors and Actuators The mechanical force on a piezo element results in a measurable charge transfer. Conversely, the piezoceramic expands when an electrical field is applied. This makes it possible to manufacture sensors with a bandwidth of several kilohertz, which can be used in a variety of different ways. Vibrations, structure deformations, and also changes in force in the millinewton range can be detected. Ultrasonic transducers work at frequencies...

A Reliable Partner for Industry and Research Leaders in Piezo Technology for Individual Solutions Flexible Adjustment of Actuators & Components PI Ceramic is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of piezo technology and an important development and production site of the PI Group. The fast and flexible adaptation of standard products to special areas of application is one of the core skills. All process steps to the production and subsequent processing such as gluing and contacting the piezo elements take place in-house. This enables flexible adaptation of product, manufacturing, and test...

Product Overview PIEZOELECTRIC COMPONENTS n Various different versions in many different geometries such as disks, plates, tubes, customized shapes transducers for ultrasonic applications of complete transducer components DURAACT PIEZO PATCH TRANSDUCERS n Actuator or sensor, structural health monitoring and robust, preloaded due to lamination CONTROL ELECTRONICS n Different n OEM performance classes modules and benchtop devices

PICMA® MULTILAYER PIEZO ACTUATORS n Low n High piezo voltage to 120 V stiffness PICA HIGH-LOAD ACTUATORS n Travel n Forces PICMA® MULTILAYER BENDING ACTUATORS n Bidirectional n Low variable contours PIEZO ACTUATORS WITH CUSTOMIZED EQUIPMENT n For cryogenic temperatures PIEZO TECHNOLOG

Applications and Solutions From Noncontact Measuring Technology to Production in Mechanical Engineering FLOW METERING, DETECTION OF FILL LEVEL OR FAULTS IN HOMOGENOUS MEDIA Air bubble detectors check for smooth flow during dialysis and transfusions (Image: Sonotec) Measuring flow volumes is the basis for smooth control of processes such as those in modern building technology where the consumption of water, warm water, and heating energy is acquired. Even industrial automation, especially the chemical industry uses ultrasonic technology to acquire volume flow. Instead of weighing the quantity...

PUMPING, DOSING, DISPENSING Nanoliter dosing with jet technology in biotechnology to printing tiles or apply ing adhesive in microsystem techno logy: PICMA® piezo actuators are suit able for use in station ry and port ble a a devices due to their reliability, flexible piezo voltage, and compact dimensions. Precision dosing of droplets and printing microarrays thanks to highly dynamic piezo-based pipetting technology (Image: Biofluidix, Bernd Müller Fotografie) GENERATING ULTRA SONIC OSCILLATIONS Very different applications make use of ultrasound. For example, high-power applications such as bonding...

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