Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air: Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air

Sue Seah; Bruce Drinkwater; Tom Carter; Rob Malkin; Sriram Subramanian

doi:10.1109/TUFFC.2014.3022

Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air: Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air

Sue Seah
, Bruce Drinkwater
, Tom Carter
, Rob Malkin
, Sriram Subramanian

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Abstract

Acoustic levitation in air has applications in contactless handling and processing. Here a first-order Bessel function-shaped acoustic field, generated using an 8-element circular array operating at 40 kHz, traps millimeter-sized objects against gravity. The device can manipulate objects in a vertical plane over a few millimeters with an accuracy of ± 0.09 mm. © 2014 IEEE.

Original language	English
Article number	6838818
Pages (from-to)	1233-1236
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
Volume	61
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2014.3022
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Research Groups and Themes

Bristol Interaction Group

Keywords

ACOUSTIC LEVITATION
TRANSPORTATION
MANIPULATION
TWEEZERS
SOUND
FIELD

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Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air: Dexterous ultrasonic levitation of millimeter-sized objects in air. / Seah, Sue; Drinkwater, Bruce; Carter, Tom et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 61, No. 7, 6838818, 01.01.2014, p. 1233-1236.

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