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Piezoceramic components are well established in many fields of large scale applications due to their fast electromechanical response and compact size, e.g. as buzzers, telephone diaphragms or ultrasonic transducers. In the last few years, complex multilayer actuators made by cofiring technique also gained increasing interest due to their specific advantages in performance like fast switching time, high stiffness and blocking force and low driving voltage (Fig. 1). These features will open a wide field of industrial applications for example in the automotive area for fast injection valves (Fig. 2) and in textile industry for automated weaver’s looms (electronic Jacquard technology, Fig. 3).
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Schuh, C., Lubitz, K., Steinkopff, T., Wolff, A. (2000). Piezoelectric Components for Technical Applications. In: Galassi, C., Dinescu, M., Uchino, K., Sayer, M. (eds) Piezoelectric Materials: Advances in Science, Technology and Applications. NATO Science Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4094-2_38
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