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Ultrasound Transducer Design and Build

Smart Material offers engineering services for the production and testing of ultrasound transducers based on our various 1-3 piezo composite products.

Our Expertise in Ultrasound Transducers

We provide a broad range of transducer designs to meet different application requirements, including:

SONAR Transducers
& Arrays

Air Ultrasound Transducers

Medical Single Element Transducers

NDT Transducers

Matched to different load mediums

Flaw Detectors /
Thickness Gauges

Including delay line

Engineering Services for Ultrasound Transducer Design

Our engineering services include:

Technical guidance for the design matching and backing layer to improve bandwidth and acoustical coupling.

Optimization of fill factor and rod distribution within the 1-3 composite structure for improved acoustical performance.

Electric impedance matching for enhanced energy transfer and bandwidth optimization.

Assembly of transducers with matching and backing layers, including the production of customized matching layer material properties.

Full production of interconnected transducers and arrays, assembly into housings with attenuating potting materials and lenses.

Production of radially or spherically formed transducer elements for specific application needs.

Electrical and electromechanical characterization, using Impedance Spectrometer and PiezoLab Software.

Pulse/echo response measurements for timing and frequency range characterization.

Beam characterization of air ultrasound transducers.

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