Kistler commissioned its third plant for growing piezoelectric. This capacity boost represents the response of the specialist in piezoelectric measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration to the burgeoning demand for detection with PiezoStar® industrial crystals. These crystals, which Kistler has now been producing itself for more than ten years, have very special property profiles.

As members of the calcium gallogermanate family PiezoStar crystals offer superb characteristics compared with quartz, including several times the sensitivity and accurate measurement even at elevated temperatures. They are to be found in professional cylinder manufacturer of pressure sensors for engines, cavity pressure sensors for injection molding manufacturer of plastics and high-temperature force detection and industrial accelerometers, etc.

Over the decade of growing its own crystals, Kistler has investigated numerous new piezoelectric materials and optimized the processes used to the extent that the current PiezoStar range includes the right crystal for any application profile.

Crystals such as Quartz and PiezoStar generate an electric charge when mechanically loaded. This physical relationship has become known throughout the world as the piezoelectric effect. The charge amplifier patents granted to Walter P. Kistler in 1950 heralded the breakthrough of wide industrial application for piezoelectric measurement. As an ideal way of solving particularly extreme geometric, temperature range and dynamic requirements, the piezoelectric principle still remains the basis of Kistler sensors used for dynamic measurement.