A comparative study of ultrasonic micro-motors based on single crystal PMN-PT and polycrystalline PZT ceramics

Stephen A. Wilson; Philip J. Rayner; Jonathan Gore; Adrian R. Bowles; Richard C. McBride

doi:10.1117/12.776321

19 March 2008 A comparative study of ultrasonic micro-motors based on single crystal PMN-PT and polycrystalline PZT ceramics

Stephen A. Wilson, Philip J. Rayner, Jonathan Gore, Adrian R. Bowles, Richard C. McBride

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Proceedings Volume 6930, Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2008; 693013 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776321
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

A comparative study has been made to explore the potential benefits of newly available single-crystal ferroelectric materials when used in a practical device, in this case an ultrasonic micro-motor. This type of micro-motor exhibits exceptional power-to-weight characteristics, which could be exploited beneficially, for example, in unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) systems. The operating principles of a range of commercial and experimental motor designs were evaluated objectively in order to identify areas of performance that can potentially be enhanced using PMN-PT single-crystal piezoelectric ceramics. Based on this analysis a practical motor design was selected for construction and experimentation. Detailed numerical analysis indicated that a motor constructed from single crystal PMN-PT could be expected to provide an improvement in motor stall-torque by up to a factor of 2.8 and a no-load speed improvement by a factor of 1.5 when compared with motors based on standard polycrystalline lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) ceramics. In practice single-crystal versions of the motor were found to produce double the power output of their polycrystalline counterparts. Overall efficiency was found to be improved two-fold. There were significant discrepancies between the numerical predictions for the single-crystal devices and their measured performance, whereas the polycrystalline devices were found to perform closely in line with predictions.

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Stephen A. Wilson, Philip J. Rayner, Jonathan Gore, Adrian R. Bowles, and Richard C. McBride "A comparative study of ultrasonic micro-motors based on single crystal PMN-PT and polycrystalline PZT ceramics", Proc. SPIE 6930, Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2008, 693013 (19 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776321

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