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Product Expansion - Lead-Free Piezoceramics

CTS is introducing a full lead-free piezoceramic program, including four brand new materials.

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5 Features of the New CTS Website

The revamped website showcases an entirely new navigation system, intuitive product selection tables, extensive technical resource downloads, and a dynamic blog section.

CO-04-SF and CO-10-SF Clamp-On Current Sensors from CTS Corporation

Current Sensing for Industrial & Automotive

The CO-04-SF and CO-10-SF clamp-on current sensors are designed to be easily integrable, providing the industrial and automotive markets with a flexible and reliable sensning solution for the low-to-mid current range.

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DIP Switches for Outdoor Applications

CTS is introducing the series 219G DIP switch with gold-plated terminals, ideal for outdoor and harsh environment circuit control.

CTS Piezoelectric Multilayer Plate and Ring Actuators and Stacks for Micropositioning

Dynamic Actuators

The piezo tutorial “Quasi-static actuators” describes applications where dynamics (acceleration, damping) can be neglected. However, in many applications, dynamics play an important role and have to be taken into account in the design process. The tutorial gives an introduction to dynamic applications.

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Frequently Asked Piezo Questions

On this page you can find a list of frequently asked questions about our multilayer piezoelectric products. The list is divided into the different product categories.

High-Speed Motor Position Sensor from CTS Corporation

High-Speed Motor Position Sensor

To help improve energy efficiency of EVs, CTS is introducing a new high-speed motor position sensor, designed specifically for electric engines.

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Mounting Piezoelectric Actuators

Learn how to mount various types of piezoelectric actuators

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Non-Contacting Hall-Effect Rotary Position Sensors

The series 285 and 286 are non-contacting rotary position sensors from CTS, utilizing the Hall-effect to provide precise angular measurements.

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Piezo Actuator Connection and Control

Electrical connection to the external electrodes can be achieved by mechanical contacts, soldering, with electrically conductive adhesive or wire bonding.

Piezoceramic Focusing Bowls and Plates for HIFU Applications

Piezoceramics for HIFU Transducers

CTS develops and manufactures piezoceramic focusing bowls and plates for medical therapeutic ultrasound applications. The company also offers piezoelectric PZT ceramic materials, optimized for high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) purposes.

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Piezoelectric Actuators for Satellite Micro-Thrusters

Piezoelectric Actuators are utilized in satellite micro-thrusters to enable precise motion control, as they help regulate the pressure and the dispensing of the thruster propellant.

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Piezoelectric Actuators Reliability

Piezoelectric actuators have demonstrated continuous operation in harsh conditions for above 108 cycles. However, because of the many different applications, reliability will depend on many different figures.

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Piezoelectric Component Handling

Piezoelectric Component Handling, storage, and cleaning

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Piezoelectric Components for UUVs

CTS manufactures piezoelectric components for unmanned underwater vehicles (UVVs), designed to perform tasks such as exploration, surveying, recovery and maintenance.

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Piezoelectric Manufacturing Technology

Learn the manufacturing processes for bulk and multilayer piezoelectric components. Bulk piezoelectric components are made of one layer of piezoceramic material and multilayer piezoelectric components are made by tape casting over 100 very thin layers of piezoceramic material.

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Piezoelectric Soldering Procedure

Soldering electrical wires to the screen-printed silver electrode makes an excellent and time-stable connection. However, occasionally there can be problems with wetting the solder tin on the silver surface and soldering can therefore be difficult.

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Piezoelectric Transducers for Ultrasonic Flowmeters

Ultrasonic flow meters utilize piezoelectric transducers to measure the flow of various fluids and gasses in industrial applications. Here, you can learn how such flow meters operate, and which piezoelectric elements that will provide the best performance.

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Piezoelectricity Basics

CTS provides an introduction to the basics of piezoelectricity. This includes an introduction to the nature of piezoelectricity, a description of the two main families of piezoceramic materials (hard doped and soft doped), and an overview helping you select a ceramic material.

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Quasi-Static Actuators

CTS provides a tutorial that provides a basic introduction to actuators for quasi-static applications. This includes a description and comparison of the different actuator designs and how a piezoelectric actuator behaves under load. Finally, the tutorial concludes on three essential points to consider, when you select your actuator for a quasi-static application.

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