Papers by Keyword: Piezoelectric Buzzer

Abstract: In this paper, a novel disk piezoelectric actuator structure - 4-9-9-14 piezoelectric actuator is constructed, and it is made of piezoelectric buzzer to drive a biaxial piezoelectric actuated stage. The 4-9-9-14 piezoelectric actuator offers a better balanced capability of forward rotation and reverse rotation than the conventional edge-driving piezoelectric actuator. The biaxial piezoelectric actuated stage structure comprises a base, a V-shaped guide rail, an optical scale measurement system, a preload adjusting structure, and a load-carrying stage. The movement of a stage is read and analyzed by means of LabVIEW operating in conjunction with an optical scale. Stage movement-related signals read by the optical scale are processed. With a human-machine interface of LabVIEW, the movement of the stage is depicted by a waveform chart to thereby facilitate the observation of the waveform chart and the understanding of propulsion of the stage by the actuator.

Abstract: This article is meant to perform the simulation behavior of fluctuation and vibration for the ANSYS software against piezoelectric structure. From the relevant analysis, it can be aimed to devise the single-axis ultrasonic sliding platform inclusive of propeller system and sliding mechanism. Within both systems of propeller system and sliding mechanism, they are adopted with the piezoelectric buzzer as the material for driving components. The propeller actuator (propeller system), on the Ni-alloy plate of buzzer, will be divided to the non-axisymmetric structure at the respective angles of 90º, 120º and 150º with the resultantly produced radial vibration to move the platform. Also, the sliding vibrator (sliding mechanism) will be evenly divided into 3 parts of axisymmetric structure at the angle of 120º with its longitudinal vibration to reduce the friction caused by platform movement. In the designing process, it is adopted with the finite element analysis software - ANSYS to perform analysis and simulation for the vibration patterns of actuator and vibrator. By measuring the friction coefficient of sliding platform, it is well verified that the introduction of sliding mechanism will certainly reduce the friction caused by platform movement. The static friction coefficient will be reduced from 0.37 to 0.2 to result in considerably increasing displacement speed of platform.

Abstract: Valve-less micropumps with one or two piezoelectric buzzers are manufactured and tested. Piezoelectric buzzers are chosen as actuation elements because they are cheap and with high actuation amplitude. The micro-chamber with nozzle and diffuser is fabricated by employing UV photolithography and film mask. A negative photoresistive material, SU8-50, is used as a structure material, and exact angles in the inlet/outlet elements can be obtained. PDMS is chosen to bond different parts of the micropump. The piezoelectric buzzer does have nice actuation amplitude of 40.4 μm after the assembly with the chamber. The results indicate that the micropump with one piezoelectric buzzer has a maximum flow rate of 90.28μl/min when the buzzer is actuated at 100 V and 20 Hz. A maximum backpressure of 50 mm H2O occurs as the buzzer is actuated at 100 V and 30 Hz. For the micropump with two piezoelectric buzzers, it has a maximum flow rate of 165.32 μl/min when the buzzer is actuated at 100 V and 20 Hz and has a maximum backpressure of 84 mm H2O as the buzzer is actuated at 100 V and 30 Hz.