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		<title>Ultrasonic Horn Design</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working on a project where I needed to design a horn for an ultrasonic machine to concentrate the ultrasonic power in a smaller area. The machine is not being used to welding (typical use of ultrasonic guns), instead it is being used to produce small bubbles in a small tube.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was working on a project where I needed to design a horn for an ultrasonic machine to concentrate the ultrasonic power in a smaller area. The machine is not being used to welding (typical use of ultrasonic guns), instead it is being used to produce small bubbles in a small tube.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biomedicalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ultrasonic-machine.JPG" title="Ultrasonic Machine"><img src="http://www.biomedicalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ultrasonic-machine.JPG" alt="Ultrasonic Machine" /></a></p>
<p>Following is what I found about this design.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">There are three different horn designs that can be implemented:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"><span>1-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">      </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Conventional design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"><span>2-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">      </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Folded horn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial"><span>3-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">      </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Dog-bone horn<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial">Folded and Dog-bone designs seemed too complicated and are meant for more precise ultrasonic horns (used mostly for welding).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are two designs for the conventional horns. Typically the length of the horn should be half of the wavelength of used frequency.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.biomedicalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ultrasonic-horn.gif" title="ultrasonic-horn.gif"><img src="http://www.biomedicalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/ultrasonic-horn.gif" alt="ultrasonic-horn.gif" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(This is from a catalog of horns used mostly in welding)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.biomedicalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/untitled-1.gif" title="untitled-1.gif"><img src="http://www.biomedicalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/untitled-1.gif" alt="untitled-1.gif" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(This is a more simple design that works better for my purposes)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Now, I just have to have this made at the mechanical shop and see how effective it will be.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are some other useful webpages:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://www.powerultrasonics.com/ultrasonic_plastic_welding_sonotrode_design.html" target="_blank">Plastic Welding Horns</a></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/ndeaa-pub/IEEE/IEEEult04cpwt.pdf" target="_blank">Novel Horn Designs</a></strong> (Very good paper)</p>
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