POTENTIAL ABILITY OF ULTRASONIC MOTORS - A DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE FRICTION CONTROL MECHANISM

Authors
NAKAMURA K UEHA S
Citation
K. Nakamura et S. Ueha, POTENTIAL ABILITY OF ULTRASONIC MOTORS - A DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE FRICTION CONTROL MECHANISM, Electronics & communications in Japan. Part 2, Electronics, 81(4), 1998, pp. 57-68
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics & communications in Japan. Part 2, Electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756663X
Volume
81
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
57 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-663X(1998)81:4<57:PAOUM->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This paper reviews the potential characteristics of ultrasonic motors from the viewpoint of the friction control mechanism. Various kinds of principles proposed previously are grouped into two categories: motor s in which the friction force is controlled temporally and those in wh ich the friction force is regulated spatially. Focusing on this differ ence, basic motor characteristics are discussed theoretically and illu strated experimentally. Problems remaining to be solved by future stud y are suggested. Some new ideas of non-contact drive by ultrasonic vib ration are introduced briefly. (C) 1998 Scripta Technica.