Method of tuning an ultrasonic device, ultrasonic device and machine for performing an ultrasonic tooling operation.

摘要

To ensure that an ultrasonic tool is driven at an optimum frequency, the phases of the voltage applied to the tranducer and the current flowing through the tranducer are compared, and an error signal is generated dependant upon the divergence of the phase difference from a desired difference, which may be zero phase difference. The error signal is functional to vary the frequency at which the ultrasonic device is driven, in the direction to reduce the error signal, so that the ultrasonic device can be driven at zero error signal (i.e. the desired current/voltage phase relationship) and thus at maximum efficiency.