High resolution miniaturized stepper ultrasonic motor using differential composite motion.

Xiangcheng Chu; Zengping Xing; Longtu Li; Zhilun Gui

doi:10.1016/j.ultras.2003.10.001

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High resolution miniaturized stepper ultrasonic motor using differential composite motion.

Xiangcheng Chu·Zengping Xing·Longtu Li·Zhilun Gui

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Experiments show that there is a limited minimum stepped angle in ultrasonic motors (USM). The research on the minimum angle of stepper USM with 15 mm in diameter and wobbling mode is being carried out. This paper presents a novel way to decrease the minimum stepped angle of USM based on the principle of differential composite motion (DCM), i.e. clockwise and counterclockwise rotation. The prototype was fabricated and experiments proved that this method is useful and also keeps a high torque for a large stepped angle. The stator of the prototype is steel, and rotor is fiberglass, antifriction material or steel. The prototype can operate well over 150 h with a 5 kHz wide frequency band. The minimum stepped angle is 46" using a coventional method while 12" using DCM method proposed in this paper.

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Xiangcheng Chu, Zengping Xing, Longtu Li, Zhilun Gui. 2004. High resolution miniaturized stepper ultrasonic motor using differential composite motion.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2003.10.001

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