A novel bi-directional rotary asymmetric piezoelectric driving mechanism with asymmetric piezoelectric actuator is proposed. The actuator system stiffness varies as it is vibrating from one side to another due to the asymmetric clamping structure
and then the actuator is allowed to directionally rotate as long as asymmetric continuous driving signal is provided. Energy conservation law is considered to theoretically analyze the movement of piezoelectric vibrator
accordingly the relationship between step-angle and frequency of the bi-directional rotating actuator is deduced
and a novel bi-directional movement actuator excited by symmetric signals with different frequencies is presented. An experimental rotating actuator prototype is designed and the corresponding test system is set up. The step-angle and the speed of the actuator is tested under sine wave excitation with different voltages and frequencies. It demonstrates that the bi-directional drive of the asymmetric inertial piezoelectric actuator can be realized via frequency control. The maximum velocities of bi-directional rotation reach 5.23 rad/s in the case of 100 V and 65 Hz and 0.56 rad/s in the case of 100 V and 83 Hz
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