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Impact drive rotary precision actuator with piezoelectric bimorphs

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An impact drive rotary precision actuator with end-loaded piezoelectric cantilever bimorphs is proposed. According to finite element analysis and experiments of the dynamic characteristics of end-loaded piezoelectric cantilever bimorphs, a specific fixed-frequency and adjustable-amplitude is confirmed to control the actuator. The results show that an actuator excited by fixed-frequency and the adjustable-amplitude ramp voltage waveform works with a large travel range (180°), high resolution (1 μrad), speed (0.2 rad/min) and heavy-load ability (0.02 Nm). With advantages of high-precision positioning ability, simple structure and only one percent the cost of traditional impact drive mechanisms, the actuator is expected to be widely used in precision industries.

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  1. College of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130025, China

    Hongzhuang Zhang, Ping Zeng, Shunming Hua, Guangming Cheng & Zhigang Yang

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Translated from Optics and Precision Engineering, 2005, 13(3): 298–304 [译自: 光学精密工程]

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Zhang, H., Zeng, P., Hua, S. et al. Impact drive rotary precision actuator with piezoelectric bimorphs. Front. Mech. Eng. China 3, 71–75 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-008-0008-3

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