Unknown electromechanical air oscillator: what is it?

In a power supply unit, I found an electromechanical part that I had never seen before and whose function is completely unclear to me.
It is a Hoefer 500xt power supply (google for pictures)
Inside is a part with two "wings" that hum when switched on and wave back and forth at a 50Hz rate.
They move the air and maybe keep insects away, I don't know.
What's that supposed to mean?

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easylife2
11 months ago

For the first time. Perhaps this is a particularly clever solution for a particularly quiet or low-wear fan?

Update: I think it will be something in this direction. At least this looks quite similar to that of you:

https://piezo.com/pages/advantage-of-piezoelectric-fan-technologydevelopment

JMC01
11 months ago

Quite spontaneously, I would think of something in the area of capacity or induction. Unfortunately, there is nothing to be recognized (thanks to it). Either the capacitance of a capacitor changes while the opposite plates change the distance or the inductance of two coils changes. Lastly, it would be conceivable that the vibration has a type of braking function, since the air resistance becomes effective. I don’t know exactly what is being braked there and brought into a generally less escalating sinusoidal vibration (e.g. any switching clock).

Hits on Google:

Piezoelectronics

https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/a-look-at-some-electrophoresis-hv-power-supplies.307168/

JMC01
11 months ago
Reply to  atoemlein

Yes, as I said, Piezo is here at work. Piezocrystals vibrate when supplying electrical voltage and they generate electricity when subjected to mechanical stress. One or both effects are obviously useful for device control.