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New Piezo Ceramic Actuators: Lower Voltage for Medical Applications Jan 7, 2011

PICMA Bender piezo actuators offer several advantages over classic bimorph components: low voltage (medical applications!) faster response, higher stiffness, smaller electronics

PI's low voltage piezo bender actuators and OEM controllers are based on PI’s ceramic encapsulated PICMA® multilayer technology. Due to integrated high-resolution position feedback sensors they provide up to 20 times better linearity, accuracy & repeatability than conventional open-loop piezo benders.

More Applications for Medical Piezo Ceramics

Features & Advantages:
+Long travel ranges to 2 mm
+Closed-loop operation for better accuracy and repeatability
+Monolithic design for fast response and high stiffness
+Significantly lower operating voltage, only +/- 30 V (3 to 10 times lower than conventional piezo benders)
+Ceramic encapsulation for extended lifetime (insensitive to water molecules)

 

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