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PL022 · PL033 · PL055 PICMA® Chip Monolithic Multilayer Piezoelectric Actuators (LVPZT)
Ultra-Compact Monolithic Piezoelectric Actuators
PICMA® Chip actuators are the smallest monolithic multilayer Piezoelectric actuators available. Providing sub-nanometer resolution and sub-millisecond response, they are ideally suited to high-level dynamic applications. PICMA® actuators consist of a highly reliable ceramic-encapsulated PZT block with solderable terminations, and come in standard sizes as small as 2 x 2 x 2 mm.
Long Lifetime and High Performance—Ideal for Dynamic Operation PICMA® Chip actuators are superior to conventional actua-tors in high-endurance situations, where they show substantially longer lifetimes both in static and dynamic operation, even in harsh environments. Due to their high resonant frequency, these actuators are ideally suited for dynamic operation with light loads; an external preload is recommended for dynamic operation with larger loads. The high Curie temperature of 320 °C provides a usable temperature range extending up to 150 °C, well above the 80 °C limit of conventional multilayer actuators. At the low end, operation down to a few Kelvin is possible (with reduction in performance specifications).
Application examples:
Static and dynamic nanopositioning, Laser tuning, Micro-dispensing, Interferometry, Life sciences, Photonics
etc.
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