Buerkert Werke Gmbh

Stefan Seelecke

Peter Krippner

Cricia De Carvalho Rodegheri

Ralf Scheibe

Marcel Konstandin

Marc Hill

A film transducer has a holding part, an electroactive composite structure which includes at least one deformable carrier and at least two electrodes arranged on opposite sides of the deformable carrier, and a load application member which is mounted to the composite structure. The holding part engages two ends of the composite structure facing away from each other and the load application member is arranged between the two ends of the composite structure.

Film transducer

A seat valve () is described having a valve body () which comprises at least two fluid openings (). Furthermore, the seat valve () comprises at least one valve seat (), at least one valve element () which can be displaced in a translatory manner and at least one actuator () which is formed as an electro-active polymeric actuator and cooperates with the valve element ().

Seat valve

A slide valve comprises a bushing in which fluid openings are provided which extend through the wall of the bushing, a slide which is arranged adjustably in the bushing and is provided with at least one fluid duct, and an electroactive polymer actuator which can adjust the slide in the bushing.

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Saarbruecken, Germany

Stefan Seelecke