Patent ID: 7528525

Claim:
A system that facilitates active damping of mechanical vibration, comprising: machinery that is subject to mechanical vibration; at least one sensor that measures one or more parameters related to mechanical vibration of the machinery; a plurality of piezoelectric actuators selectively applied to the machinery to facilitate damping of mechanical vibrations; a voltage component that delivers voltages to at least one of the plurality of piezoelectric actuators to facilitate damping mechanical vibrations associated with the machinery; a control component that determines the voltages to be delivered by the voltage component based at least in part on the measured parameters, the control component controls movement of the machinery via control commands, the control commands are based on at least one of pre-defined application characteristics, the measured parameters, or output voltages from the plurality of piezoelectric actuators; and a data store that stores the measured parameters, the delivered voltages, and the corresponding control commands.