Reportlinker Adds Piezoelectric actuators and motors - types, applications, new developments, industry structure and global markets
NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
INTRODUCTION
Piezo actuators are electromechanical "motors", based on the solid state piezomechanical deformation effect of piezoceramics (PZT lead zirconium titanate). Highlights are unlimited positioning sensitivity (sub-nanometers), high load capability, and high force generation, resulting in ideal mechanical dynamics with reaction times down to microseconds. Only piezo actuation allows top innovations in mechatronics like nano-positioning or high pressure common rail fuel injection. Piezoelectric actuators are at an important stage of development into a large component market. Market pull is generated by large demand for ultra-small scale precision motion devices used in manufacturing and inspection equipment, high volume, low cost auto-focus assemblies required in phone cameras, and high volume, moderate cost ink printing cartridges used in printers; and partly by demand for micro actuator medical tools used in minimally invasive surgery and micro-grippers required in manufacturing micro-sized objects such as stents; and partly by dynamically-driven high temperature actuators for diesel injector valves in automobiles. Cost, yield and reliability are important concerns for each of these six applications. A number of these concerns relate to basic material science issues in the manufacture of the piezoelectric actuators for these targeted, diversified applications. This report also deals with ultrasonic motors (USMs) that belong to the class of piezoelectric motors. In this work, the term "USM" will be used for the motor only (in other words, power electronics and closed-loop controls are not included). The system composed of the motor, power electronics, and closed-loop control will be called the ultrasonic actuator or piezoelectric actuator. The working principle of these motors has been well known for at least 50 years. However, they generated widespread interest only with the influential work of Sashida in 1982. Before that time, piezoceramic materials with high conversion efficiency and fast electronic power control of ultrasonic vibrations were not available. Due to their specific advantages compared to conventional electromagnetic motors, USMs fill a gap in certain actuator applications. A key advantage of USMs over electromagnetic motors is their compactness, i.e., their high stall torque-mass ratio and high torque at low rotational speed, often making speed-reducing gears superfluous. Additionally, with no voltage applied, an inherent holding torque is present due to the frictional driving mechanism. It is also notable that their compactness and the high frequency electrical excitation make quick responses possible. USMs also offer a high potential for miniaturization. These actuators produce no magnetic field, since the excitation is quasi-electrostatic.
STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
This study focuses on key piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors and provides data about the size and growth of these markets, along with company profiles and industry trends. The goal of this report is to provide a detailed and comprehensive multi-client study of the markets in North America, Europe, Japan, China, India, Korea and the rest of the world (ROW) for piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors, as well as potential business opportunities in the future. The objectives include thorough coverage of underlying economic issues driving the piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors business, as well as assessments of new, advanced piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors that are in development. Also covered are legislative pressures for more safety and environmental protection, as well as users' expectations for economical actuators and motors. Another important objective is to provide realistic market data and forecasts for piezoelectric operated actuators and motors. This study provides the most thorough and up-to-date assessment that can be found anywhere on the subject. The study also provides extensive quantification of the many important facets of market development in piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors. This, in turn, contributes to a determination of the kinds of strategic responses companies may adopt in order to compete in these dynamic markets. Users of piezoelectric actuators and motors in developed markets must contend with twin pressures – to innovate and, at the same time, to reduce costs. New applications, such as piezo fuel injectors, ink cartridges in printers, micro-pumps, micro-grippers, and micro-surgery tools for piezoelectric actuators and motors, have been proposed in recent years. This study condenses all of these business related issues and opportunities.
REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
The piezoelectric actuator and motor market is an attractive and still-growing multi-million dollar market characterized by very high production volumes of actuators and motors that must be both extremely reliable and low in cost. Growth in the market continues to be driven by increasing demand in camera phones for auto-focus mechanisms, data storage, semiconductors, micro-electronics production, precision mechanics, life science and medical technology, optics, photonics, nanometrology, robots, toys, HVAC control systems, and other applications such as piezo fuel injectors, ink cartridges in printers, micro-pumps, micro-grippers and micro-surgery tools. Piezoelectric Actuators and Motors Copyright 2010 © Innovative Research and Products, Inc., Stamford, CT USA, Web: www.innoresearch.net iii The piezoelectric-operated actuator and motor industry is complex and fast moving, with manufacturers increasingly adopting a truly global view of the market. Around the world, consumers are demanding a high power density as well as extremely long cycle life. Against this difficult background, manufacturers have attempted to achieve growth through company mergers and acquisitions, and by implementing global strategies. Piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors, once a technological novelty, have now entered the mainstream and are showing significant sales volumes. iRAP conducted this study in 2007. However, with increased demand for these devices, and with improved and emerging technologies as well as applications, iRAP felt a need to conduct a detailed study and update technology developments and markets. The report identifies and evaluates piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors and technologies which show potential growth.
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY
The report covers technology, product analysis, manufacturers' profiles, competitive analysis, raw material suppliers, electronic suppliers, system integrators, material and material cost analysis, market dynamics and patent status of leading players ,to provide a complete picture of the status and growth of the piezoelectric actuator market on a global scale from 2009 to 2014. This study provides the most complete accounting of the current market and future growth in piezoelectric actuators and motors. The study also provides extensive quantification of the important facets of market developments in emerging markets for these actuators and motors, such as China.
SCOPE AND FORMAT
The market data contained in this report quantify opportunities for piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors. In addition to product types, this report also covers the many issues concerning the merits and future prospects of the business, including corporate strategies, information technologies, and the means for providing these highly advanced product and service offerings. This report also covers in detail the economic and technological issues regarded by many as critical to the industry's current state of change. It provides an overview of the piezoelectric actuator and motor industry and its structure, and of the many companies involved in providing these products. The competitive positions of the main players in the market, and the strategic options they face, are also discussed, along with such competitive factors as marketing, distribution and operations.
METHODOLOGY
The research METHODOLOGY is qualitative in nature and employs a triangulative approach, which enhances its validity. Initially, a comprehensive and exhaustive search of the literature on piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors was conducted. These secondary sources included relevant journals and related books, trade literature, marketing literature, other product/promotional literature, annual reports, analysts' reports, and other publications. A patent search and analysis was also conducted. In the second phase, semi-structured, fact-finding email correspondence was conducted with marketing executives, product sales engineers, international sales managers, application engineers and other personnel in the piezoelectric-operated actuator and motor companies themselves. Other sources included energy storage magazines published in the U.S., Germany, Singapore and the U.K. by academics, technology suppliers, technical experts, trade association officials, government officials and consulting companies. These were rich sources of data. Subsequent analysis of the documents and interview notes was iterative. The final process included techniques such as preliminary research, fill-gap research, historical analysis of end-user markets, historical supply chain/raw material analysis, data consolidation, cross-linking, variance determination projections, variance factorization and confirmatory primary research.
INFORMATION SOURCES
Initially, a comprehensive and exhaustive search of the literature on piezoelectric operated actuators and motors was conducted. Sources included the latest press releases on company websites, including application news, company news, marketing news, and product news, along with brochures, product literature, micromotion control, technical journals, technical books, marketing literature, other promotional literature, annual reports, securities analysts' reports and other motion-control business publications. There is very little information in the available literature that analyzes piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors as a whole. The challenge was to identify the market and evaluate how it fits into the user industry globally. An extensive patent analysis was conducted to gauge technological innovation and to determine research activity as it applies to new product development. The second phase involved formal and informal telephone interviews and email correspondence with company personnel in piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors. Suppliers, design engineers, consulting companies, other technical experts, Piezoelectric Actuators and Motors government officials and trade association officials were also interviewed, as were personnel and experts in piezoelectric-operated actuator and motor user companies.
TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THE STUDY
Audiences for this study include marketing executives, business unit managers and other decision makers in piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors companies and companies peripheral to this business. The study will benefit existing manufacturers of actuators and motors who seek to expand revenues and market opportunities by expanding in new technology such as piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors, positioned to become a preferred solution for many applications. This study also will benefit users of piezoelectric-operated actuators and motors who deal with actuators where electromagnetic field generation is an issue and operational performance parameters and space are important considerations, such as in auto-focus lens mechanisms of camera phones, nanometrology, precision linear /rotary drives, drug delivery systems, antenna array deployment, and other fields such as piezo fuel injectors, ink cartridges in printers, micro-pumps, micro-grippers and micro-surgery tools.
AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS
Analyst B.L. Gupta, Bachelor of Engineering, mechanical engineer, has 35 years of R&D experience in key positions and has handled high-tech product development in a number of fields. Before starting his own consultancy in 2001, Gupta worked with leading ISO-9000 certified and reputable multinational companies. He has been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 1996; Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) since 2001; Charter Engineer of the Institution of Engineers (India) since 2001; member of the Consulting Development Centre, a Government of India society, since 2000; and member of the Bureau of Indian Standards working on formulation of national standards on printing presses and allied subjects since 1997.
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