New Scale licenses its patented SQUIGGLE motor technology to major global manufacturer Alps Electric Company Ltd.
License agreement dramatically expands piezoelectric motor manufacturing capacity.
Piezo Motor for Ultra-Thin Auto Focus Cameras
Technical paper presented at Actuator 2008, By David Henderson, Qin Xu and Danielle Piazza, New Scale Technologies. This paper describes the use of the SQUIGGLE motor in AFOZ modules, and presents the company’s newer UTAF motor for ultra-thin autofocus cameras.
Autonomous Positioning System for Implantable Hearing Aids Using Piezo Motors
Technical paper presented at Actuator 2008 by D. Kaltenbacher and A. Schäfer, Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (IPA) and J. Rodriguez Jorge, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
New Scale expands SQUIGGLE motor license agreement with Japan’s Tamron Co.
The new agreement grants Tamron a license to manufacture SQUIGGLE motors and integrate them into Tamron products at its high-volume precision manufacturing facilities in Japan and other parts of Asia. Tamron may also produce SQUIGGLE motors as a contract manufacturer for New Scale as needed.
ams completes equity investment in micro motor manufacturer New Scale Technologies
Leading analog IC provider forms strategic business and technical partnership with privately-held developer and manufacturer of miniature motion systems
Power Packed – Piezoelectric motors: big power, small package
Article in MICROmanufacturing Magazine by Bill Kennedy, Contributing Editor – An excellent introduction to piezoelectric motors. This article presents a background explanation of the piezoelectric effect and its use in several different motor designs, including New Scale’s direct linear drive SQUIGGLE motor as well as MicroMo’s Piezo Wave and Piezo Legs configurations.
Design miniaturisierter Produkte mit piezoelektrischen Motoren
Article in Elektronik Magazin – The combination of small size, low power use and high precision makes the SQUIGGLE motor interesting for applications including mobile phone cameras, electronic locks and latches, medical devices such as endoscope optics and drug pumps, and microfluidic devices including fuel cells and lab-on-a-chip devices. This article describes the operating principle, electrical integration, and applications of SQUIGGLE motors.
Novel Piezo Motor Enables Positive Displacement Microfluidic Pump
Technical paper presented at NSTI Nanotech,by David Henderson. We present “the world’s smallest linear motor” and its use in tiny syringe and reciprocating piston pumps for microfluidic applications.
SQUIGGLE Motor Applications for Whole Body Small Animal MRI
Article published in Bioscience Technology April 2007 By Steven G. Turowski, Michael Loecher, Mukund Seshadri and Richard Mazurchuk Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY Small animal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are currently one of the premier...Piezoelectric motors move miniaturization forward
Article in Electronic Products magazine – This article compares piezo motors to other motor technologies for micro cameras, including miniature electromagnetic motors, voice coil actuators, liquid lenses, and piezo bimorph actuators. It then compares two types of piezo motors that have been commercialized for micro camera applications.
