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Piezoelectric Actuators And Motors

According to a report from Innovative Research and Products (iRAP) titled Piezoelectric Operated Actuators and Motors – A Global Industry and Market Analysis, the global market for piezoelectric operated actuators and motors will double from US$5.3 billion 2006 to $10.7 billion by the year 2011 at an AAGR of 15.1 percent.

New applications are emerging for piezoelectric operated actuators and motors in applications including aircraft, automobile hydraulics and drug delivery. The virtually unlimited resolution and extremely fast response of piezo devices have made them a corner­stone of ultraprecision applications from nanometrology to nanomanipulation. Commercialization of piezoelectric operated actuators and motors is likely to proceed in those markets where the specific advantages of high torque, high precision and lack of magnetic interference are particularly useful.

This study provides a complete accounting of the current market and future growth in piezoelectric operated actuators and motors in North America, Europe, Japan, China and the rest of the world (ROW).

Other major findings include:
· among the five markets, ceramic servo motor is the largest and most mature market. It is likely to grow at an annual rate of 11%.
· the piezoelectric multilayer actuators and motors will see the highest growth rate, estimated to be 19.2 % annually.
· the manufacturers of optics, photonics and nanometrology have been the major consumers of piezoelectric operated motors and actuators.

Look for new motors and motion control technologies and applications in the May issue of Canadian Electronics magazine.

Tim Gouldson,
Editor, Canadian Electronics
tgouldson@clbmedia.ca

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