Note: A highly symmetrical piezoelectric motor with self-matching friction and large output force.
Jing ZhangW MengJ WangWeifeng GeYubin HouQ LuPublished in: The Review of scientific instruments (2018)
We present a new stacked TunaDrive motor with two intact piezoelectric stacks being spring-clamped by a pair of parallel highly polished zirconia ceramic rods. Compared with the earlier version we presented with five stacks, it has a simpler and more compact structure and is much easier to build. Although the usage of piezoelectric material is cut by ∼35%, the motor can still provide a large output force of ∼1.92 N, which is nearly the same as that of the earlier version. The simple and symmetrical structure, high rigidity, and large output force make the new motor an ideal tool for coarse approach with nanometer precision.
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