The need for precision positioning applications has enormously influenced the research and
development towards the growth of precision actuators. Over the years, piezoelectric …

Hundreds of piezoelectric ultrasonic motors (PUSMs) have been proposed for scientific
researches and developed for commercial applications in the past decade. They are …

Various non-resonant piezoelectric actuators have been emerged in recent decades and
they have been applied successfully in many industrial fields, such as medical apparatuses …

In this paper a comprehensive review of recent studies on the ultrasonic piezoelectric motors
is presented. The authors focus on research articles published in the last five years mostly …

A self-adapting structure is proposed in this study to match the driving and clamping signals
of piezoelectric inchworm actuators. The excitation signal generated from a pair of opposite …

Piezoelectric ultrasonic-assisted precision machining (PUAPM) technology is considered to
be an efficient and environmentally friendly machining strategy by virtue of cutting force …

A ring-shaped linear piezoelectric actuator with three driving teeth is proposed and
designed based on an axial-radial bending coupling vibration mode. The coupling vibration …

A linear standing-wave ultrasonic motor with a hollowed and symmetrical stator is proposed
in this study. The stator is cut from a cuboid block to produce a hollow and symmetrical …

We have developed a single-modal linear motor which contains two kinds of PZT ceramics.
The linear motor works by exciting the transverse vibration mode of the PZT ceramic on the …

A single-mode linear ultrasonic motor was developed in this study. On the stator, a group of
four pieces of piezoelectric ceramics PZT8 were utilized to generate the ultrasonic vibration …