THE “PIEZOPRIBOR” SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DESIGN OFFICE

Russia, 10 Milchakova St., Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Tel. 22-34-01. Fax. 22-69-23.

Staff: 190 members, including 1 with D.S. and 6 with Cand.S. degree.

“Piezopribor” is the leading scientific, design and technological institution in the system of higher education of Russia. Investigations in the field of ferroelectric materials and piezoelectric instrument-making are being carried out here. Various innovations developed in the “Piezopribor” office have been introduced in instrument-making, power engineering, medicine, agriculture and other areas.

Subject anf functional divisions, technical services and experimental production units are included in the structure of the “Piezoprobor” office.

Divisions by subjects:

— Division of Materials, Elements and Modules, which includes a design office for piezomaterials, piezoelements and modules, and an experimental production unit (3 sectors);

— Division of Technological Equipment, which includes the Department of New Technologies and Transducers and a design office for specialized equipment ( 5 sectors);

— Microprocessors and Electronic Equipment Design Office (3 sectors);

— Vibrometer and Test Equipment Design Office (2 sectors); Sensors Design Office;

Laboratory of Simulations and Methods for Automated Measurements of Piezoelectric Transducers; Laboratory of Piezotechnical Devices.

Main areas of research:

— piezoceramic materials, characterized by stability, a wide range of working temperatures, invulnerability to mechanical impacts, and high effectiveness of electromechanical transducers;

— production technologies of piezoceramic elements of different types, sizes and shapes for various types of transducers and technological equipment used in production of piezoceramics;

— piezoceramic transformation of energy and construction of piezoceramic transducers and sensors for flaw detection, measurements of vibration and impact acceleration, pressure pulsation in piezoengines, receivers and radiators of sonic and supersonic oscillations, secondary sources of energy etc.;

Prospective areas of further research:

— development and production of a new type of piezoelectric sensors for vibrometry, flaw detection, holography and acoustics;

— development and application of controlling, measuring and testing equipment for piezoelectric transducers and sensors;

— innovation of essentially new types of medical equipment and consumer goods based on piezoelectric materials.