Piezo bimorphs promise field-free switching

Morgan Electro Ceramics offers new piezo bimorphs for switches used in the telecommunications industry.

Morgan Electro Ceramics (MEC), a leading manufacturer of electro ceramic products, including high voltage and RF capacitors, and microwave and piezoelectric ceramics, offers new piezo bimorphs for switches used in the telecommunications industry.

MEC's piezo bimorphs, unlike traditional electrical solenoids, do not create an electric field, ensuring a disturbance-free environment.

MEC's piezo bimorphs use a carbon fibre, in place of a customary metal inner layer, that provides greater deflection and increased force, while improving performance and reliability by 20-30%.

The piezo bimorphs also feature a safety electrode, which guarantees operation in harsh applications, especially where the components are stretched to the breaking point.

MEC has also developed an optional humidity coating to ensure that warm, damp or humid environments do not affect performance.

Additionally, as smaller products have become increasingly essential to industry, the piezo bimorphs are available in a range of sizes from 15 to 45mm length and 2 to 15mm in width, resulting in a maximum deflection of 3mm (peak to peak) and a force of 400mN.

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