Manufacturing of 1-3 piezocomposite SonoPanel transducers

Richard L. Gentilman; Daniel Fiore; Hong Pham-Nguyen; William J. Serwatka; Leslie J. Bowen

doi:10.1117/12.209340

12 May 1995 Manufacturing of 1-3 piezocomposite SonoPanel transducers

Richard L. Gentilman, Daniel Fiore, Hong Pham-Nguyen, William J. Serwatka, Leslie J. Bowen

Proceedings Volume 2447, Smart Structures and Materials 1995: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209340
Event: Smart Structures and Materials '95, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A manufacturing capability has been established for 1-3 PZT-polymer composite materials and transducers. Uniform arrays of identical PZT rods are formed by a cost-effective ceramic injection molding process. Sintered and poled 1-3 ceramic preforms, containing 361 PZT rods 1.1 mm diameter on a 50 mm square base plate, are arranged to produce 15 or 30 PZT volume percent composite materials with a hard or soft polymeric matrix. More than 2000 identical PZT preforms were produced and more than thirty 250 mm square SonoPanel transducers have been manufactured. The transducers have been found to be well suited for a variety of underwater acoustic applications. Fifteen SonoPanels have been incorporated into a 3 X 5 array as part of a Navy system demonstration.

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Richard L. Gentilman, Daniel Fiore, Hong Pham-Nguyen, William J. Serwatka, and Leslie J. Bowen "Manufacturing of 1-3 piezocomposite SonoPanel transducers", Proc. SPIE 2447, Smart Structures and Materials 1995: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies, (12 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.209340

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