Piezo-stack Driven Type Displacement Magnification Mechanism Reinforced by Bimorph Piezoelectric Members.

Vibration Control of a Mechanical Structure with Piezoelectric Actuators - a Comparison of Bimorph and Stack Actuators

The practical results of the vibration suppression of a cantilever beam with a low voltage piezoelectric bimorph patch and a stack actuator are discussed. After the equation of motion of the controlled system is obtained by the finite element method, a modal analysis is performed to reduce the numbers of degrees of freedom. A modal linear quadratic feedback controller is realized on a real-time...

Piezoelectric Bimorph Cantilever for Vibration-Producing-Hydrogen

A device composed of a piezoelectric bimorph cantilever and a water electrolysis device was fabricated to realize piezoelectrochemical hydrogen production. The obvious output of the hydrogen and oxygen through application of a mechanical vibration of ~0.07 N and ~46.2 Hz was observed. This method provides a cost-effective, recyclable, environment-friendly and simple way to directly split water ...

Dynamic modeling of 3-DOF pyramidal-shaped piezo-driven mechanism

A piezo‐driven flapping wing mechanism for micro air vehicles

2006). Flapping wing MAVs (FWMAVs) are a class of new conceptual MAVs that take design cues from flying insects in order to achieve a small size (<3–5 cm), high maneuverability and super remote ability (Yan et al. 2015). A FWMAV is expected to work in a variety of confined spaces such as urban canyons, caves, indoors, and jungles that large flying robots can’t be serviceable. To achieve such ta...

Design and Experiment of a Solder Paste Jetting System Driven by a Piezoelectric Stack

To compensate for the insufficiency and instability of solder paste dispensing and printing that are used in the SMT (Surface Mount Technology) production process, a noncontact solder paste jetting system driven by a piezoelectric stack based on the principle of the nozzle-needle-system is introduced in this paper, in which a miniscule gap exists between the nozzle and needle during the jetting...