Title: Output characteristics test of piezo-stack actuators for driving high stiffness loads with different preload

Authors: Duanqin Zhang; Mingliang Li; Linpeng Dou; Jiaojiao Wang

Addresses: Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5, Dongfeng Road, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China ' Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5, Dongfeng Road, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China ' Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5, Dongfeng Road, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China ' Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5, Dongfeng Road, Henan Province, Zhengzhou, 450000, China

Abstract: Piezo-stack actuators are widely used in micro-displacement mechanisms due to their high accuracy, small size and high output force. Analysing the output characteristics of piezo-stack actuators is an important step to ensure the high precision of micro-displacement mechanism. In this paper, a test device for output characteristics of piezo-stack actuators driving high stiffness loads is designed, and a new piezo-stack actuator preload mechanism is proposed. The simulation results verify the proposed stiffness model and dynamic model of the test device. When the same preload force was applied to the piezo-stack actuators and the frequency of driving voltage increases, the displacement amplitude of the piezo-stack actuators does not change significantly, but the hysteresis loop becomes significantly larger and the hysteresis increases. When the preload force is increased with constant voltage frequency, the output displacement of the piezo-stack actuators increases significantly at first, but decreases when the preload force exceeds a certain threshold, about 20 MPa. In this case, the hysteresis loop becomes larger and the hysteresis increases.

Keywords: piezo-stack actuator; preload; high stiffness load; voltage loading rates.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNM.2023.131903

International Journal of Nanomanufacturing, 2023 Vol.18 No.2, pp.91 - 98

Received: 14 Nov 2022
Accepted: 18 Jan 2023
Published online: 04 Jul 2023 *

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