Principle 18. Mechanical vibration
- Cause an object to oscillate or vibrate.
Electric carving knife with vibrating blades
- Increase its frequency (even up to the ultrasonic).
Distribute powder with vibration.
- Use an object's resonant frequency.
Destroy gall stones or kidney stones using ultrasonic resonance.
- Use piezoelectric vibrators instead of mechanical ones.
Quartz crystal oscillations drive high accuracy clocks.
- Use combined ultrasonic and electromagnetic field oscillations.
Mixing alloys in an induction furnace