Measurement System for Parameter Estimation and Diagnostic of Ultrasonic Transducers

P. Kluk, A. Milewski, W. Kardyś, P. Kogut and P. Michalski Tele and Radio Research Institute, Ratuszowa 11, 03-450 Warszawa, Poland

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The paper presents an architecture and design of measurement system and methods for parameter estimation and diagnostic of ultrasonic transducers used in ultrasonic welding and cutting systems manufactured by Tele and Radio Research Institute. The key element of the ultrasonic welding and cutting system is a high power ultrasonic transducer implemented as a sandwich transducer consisting of a stack of piezoelectric ceramic rings mounted between two masses. High quality welding and cutting demand predetermined frequency characteristic of transducer impedance. Also important are: high energy efficiency, high coupling coefficient, low dielectric loss, and the optimal radiation pattern. In order to manufacture high quality and long-life transducers the piezoelectric rings must be selected and the sandwich transducers diagnosed on the basis of their measured parameters. Presented measurement system takes advantage of the virtual instrument technique in the NI LabVIEW environment. It uses Agilent U2761A Function Generator, U2531A Data Acquisition Unit, and the linear amplifier to measure impedance frequency characteristic in the frequency range of 10 kHz to 100 kHz. Moreover, the system can measure the vibration amplitude in the range of 1 μm up to 100 μm, using an optical sensor, and the temperature of the transducer using a pyrometer sensor.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.124.468 PACS numbers: 43.35.-c, 43.35.+d, 43.38.+n, 43.38.-p, 84.37.+q, 07.10.-h, 46.40.-f, 07.20.Dt