Chapter contributed to the book Smart Technologies, World Scientific.
Amplification techniques for piezoelectric actuation are briefly reviewed and an unlatching impact piezo-actuator then proposed. In such a device, a piezoelectric multilayer has the function of imparting kinetic energy to a mass connected to an …
Micromachines can be built only with the aid of other machines that have micropositioning abilities. Fast and precise positioning devices are needed to increase reliability and speed in the production of the miniaturized devices. Intensive research …
Piezoelectric multilayer actuators have long established their supremacy in precise positioning applications. Apart from very accurate position control, piezoelectric actuators provide fast actuation with low energy requirements; these valuable …
A Matlab Simulink model is presented, where the constitutive equations of piezoelectricity are implemented in a distributed mass scheme. The model comprises two main sub-systems (mechanical and electrical) and their interaction. The electrical part …
Piezoelectric actuators can develop large forces very quickly and with high efficiency. The need for high-voltage power supplies has been overcome with stack or multilayer actuators, but the available displacements are still minute. This has limited …
Piezoelectric actuators have found many applications in mechatronics systems because of their ability to provide large forces in very short times. To overcome the limits of the tiny displacements available, different amplification mechanism have been …