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DSM's FlexFrame PiezoActuator™ products are flexure-guided piezoelectric actuators that use lever mechanisms to mechanically amplify the motion of piezo ceramics.

The flexures in each mechanism are designed to provide stable motion guidance and to minimize the resistance that the frame might impart to the piezoelectric actuation. DSM designs the flexures to stay within the material's fatigue limit under standard operating conditions.

The standard FPA products offer travel ranges over a control voltage range of -30 to +150V. The product list below is ordered from smallest to largest displacement range, from 80µm to 2mm. Please click on each product row for more information.

Actuator Part Number Stroke (um) Stiffness (N/um)
FPA-0080E-S-0509 80 0.75
FPA-0085E-S-0518 85 2.50
FPA-0100E-S-0518 100 1.80
FPA-0150E-S-0518 150 0.75
FPA-0200E-S-0518 200 0.53
FPA-0200E-S-0536 200 1.00
FPA-0200E-S-1018 200 2.00
FPA-0200C-S-1018 200 1.80
FPA-0300E-S-0536 300 0.54
FPA-0400E-S-0536 400 0.32
FPA-0500E-S-0536 500 0.20
FPA-0500E-P-0536 500 0.21
FPA-0500E-P-1036 500 0.75
FPA-0500C-P-1054 500 1.50
FPA-0600C-S-0736 600 0.32
FPA-0750E-P-1054 750 0.59
FPA-1000E-P-1054 1000 0.31
FPA-1000E-P-1072 1000 0.45
FPA-1250E-P-1072 1250 0.30
FPA-1250C-P-1072 1250 0.31
FPA-1500E-P-1072 1500 0.20
FPA-2000E-P-1072 2000 0.15

NOTES
1 "E" = expands upon energize; "C" = contracts upon energize
2 Stroke corresponds to the full voltage range (typically -30 to +150V)



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