Hi Subhasish:

 

Several years ago, we also found that they were no longer sold by PI, so we purchased the disks and built the actuators ourselves.  We experimented with them and improved the design.  Below is a link to our paper.  You should be able to buy the piezo crystals from PI, part PTYY-0153 with fired silver electrodes on both faces.

 

http://davis.chem.cornell.edu/pubs/50.pdf

 

I’d be interested to know if anyone else has done differently.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Floyd

 

From: Molecular dynamics and chemical physics community [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Subhasish Sutradhar
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 4:13 PM
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Subject: Query about Piezo Disk Translator

 

Dear all,

I am a graduate student in Prof. Hanna Reisler group at USC. I have a query regarding purchase of piezo disk translator. Here is the specification of the piezo:  P-286.23 Disk Translator, 100 µm. More detail description of the P-286.23 unit is given here: http://www.pi-usa.us/pztactuators/1_28t.html

We used to buy it from Physik Instrumente. But when I called them yesterday, they said the item is discontinued. Can anyone please let me know if there are other vendors of this product? Thank you !  
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Thanks & Regards,
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Subhasish Sutradhar

Graduate Student

Department of Chemistry

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California 90007

USA.
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