Applications

• Precision Mechanical Equipment


Piezoelectric ceramics are used as a power source for fine motion actuators in scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and atomic force microscopes (AFM).
 


• Medical Equipment


Piezoelectric ceramics are used as an ultrasonic oscillation/receiving source for diagnostic imaging using ultrasonic echoes and for detecting air bubbles in the tubes of infusion and dialysis equipment.
 


• Automotive Field


In the automobile field, which is a pioneer of computerization, piezoelectric ceramics are used in engine control sensors and ultrasonic sensors for detecting nearby obstacles.
 
In addition, Fuji Ceramics piezoelectric sensors, such as acceleration sensors, AE sensors, and force sensors, play an active role in development and field testing.
 


• Marine Equipment


The development of maritime communications, which is said to have been triggered by the sinking of the Titanic, has led to the creation of underwater ultrasonic detectors and fish finders, in which ultrasonic waves are oscillated and received by piezoelectric ceramics.
 


• Industrial Equipment


In a wide range of industrial equipment fields, ultrasonic cleaning machines for various precision cleaning, parts feeders for supplying small parts for automatic equipment, ultrasonic welding machines for plastics, industrial inkjet printers for large-format printing, etc., ultrasonic oscillation, vibration and Actuator functionality is derived from piezoceramics.
 


• Semiconductor Equipment


In the field of semiconductors, piezoelectric ceramics are used in actuators and ultrasonic wave oscillation/reception, such as wire bonders for high-speed bonding of fine wiring of integrated circuits using ultra-fine wires, pure water flow control during silicon wafer processing, and ultrasonic flowmeters.
 


• Welfare Equipment


Piezoelectric ceramics are used in actuators that raise and lower the pins of braille displays used by the visually impaired.
 


• Consumer Products


Autofocus of cameras, dust removal from optical lenses, ultrasonic PC touch panels, ultrasonic sensors that detect double feeding of scanners, ultrasonic beauty devices for skin care, etc. Vibration by piezoelectric ceramics, actuators, Ultrasound function is used.
 


• Various Other Equipment


In addition, various sensors using ultrasonic waves by piezoelectric ceramics are used in fields such as security, oil field and geological exploration measurement.