Paper
A Long Stroke Surface Acoustic Wave Linear Motor
2005 Volume 71 Issue 8 Pages 990-994
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2005 Volume 71 Issue 8 Pages 990-994
A surface acoustic wave (SAW) linear motor performs large output force of about 8 N and high speed of more than 1 m/s. A stroke of the motor, however, is limited to about 30 mm due to its configuration. A method to increase the stroke limit has been proposed, then a long stroke SAW linear motor was fabricated. The stroke was improved up to more than 100 mm. The fabricated motor worked successfully. The maximum output force was 24 N and traverse speed was 160 mm/s.
