An adjustable magnetic type resonant multimodal inertial impact motor

Abstract The conventional asymmetric inertial impact motors are driven by using the difference in inertial impact forces in the forward and reverse directions, implemented by using asymmetric drive signals, clamping blocks of different sizes or different materials, etc. An adjustable magnetic force type resonant inertia impact motor has been designed, assembled, and tested. The novel motor features a simple and compact structure, allowing for the attainment of different output performance by adjusting the magnetic force to meet various working requirements, and the reverse motion can be easily achieved by simply altering the orientation of the magnet located at the end of the piezoelectric vibrator, without requiring any additional structure The part of the motor’s structure was simulated and optimized using the finite element analysis software COMSOL 6.0 , with the first and second order vibration modes selected as the working mode. The experimental platform has been established to verify the working performance of the motor. Experimental results demonstrate that, under excitation voltage of 120 V P–P and frequency of 163 Hz, the maximum speed achieved by the motor prototype is 36.55 mm s −1 , with maximum load capacity of 320 g, and under excitation voltage of 40 V P–P and frequency of 928 Hz, the minimum step of the prototype reaching up to 134 nm. The motor proposed in this paper features an innovative asymmetric strong magnetic design, enabling high speed and load through the large amplitude of the piezoelectric vibrator in first-order vibration mode. As the amplitude gradually decreases in second and higher order modes, this motor achieves higher displacement resolution, making it has potential applications in high precision positioning and medical fields.