Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) can improve industrial productivity by 50 to 70 percent but require adequate room to move about increasingly space-constrained factory floors. The more functionality … [Read more...] about Industrial AGVs: Improving Productivity and Space Efficiency with Smart, Compact Electric Actuators
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Specifying electric rodless actuators: Ten tips for maximizing actuator life and system performance
Electric rodless actuators have an inherent advantage over rod-style actuators for being able to support and carry loads. This reduces costs and design time by eliminating the need for other … [Read more...] about Specifying electric rodless actuators: Ten tips for maximizing actuator life and system performance
The truth about actuator life: Screw drive survival
Determining useful life of machines and their components is a fundamental problem of any motion system design project. In a broad sense, actuator service life (or useful life) is the period during … [Read more...] about The truth about actuator life: Screw drive survival
Top Ten Tips: How to specify electric rod-style actuators for optimal performance, reliability and efficiency
With today’s demand for controlling costs while achieving high speed and high precision in factory automation, it is more important than ever to fully analyze a linear actuator application and … [Read more...] about Top Ten Tips: How to specify electric rod-style actuators for optimal performance, reliability and efficiency
Evaluating actuators for washdown in food & beverage applications
Hygienic design principles and material selection are critical to actuator performance in food & beverage environments. Food and beverage production on today’s industrial scale would not be … [Read more...] about Evaluating actuators for washdown in food & beverage applications
What are dual-motion hybrid actuators and where do they excel?
Some motion applications need axes to deliver both linear and rotary motion. Conventional designs for such functionality are often complicated and bulky. What’s more, rotary motors put to linear … [Read more...] about What are dual-motion hybrid actuators and where do they excel?
Stepper Motor Linear Actuators 101
With trends towards miniaturization, precision, computer control and cost reduction, hybrid and can-stack style integrated stepper motor actuators are being used in an ever increasing range of … [Read more...] about Stepper Motor Linear Actuators 101
Stepper Motors and the Effect of Acceleration and Deceleration Ramps
This white paper explains stand test methodology for generating force versus velocity curves and the benefits of adding acceleration and deceleration ramps. One of the first parameters that is … [Read more...] about Stepper Motors and the Effect of Acceleration and Deceleration Ramps
When to Apply External, Non-Captive and Captive Step Motor Actuators
A common way to generate precise linear motion is to use an electric motor (rotary motion) and pair it with a leadscrew to generate a linear actuation system. Depending upon what this linear actuator … [Read more...] about When to Apply External, Non-Captive and Captive Step Motor Actuators
Improve the Productivity of your Factory Automation Systems with Lightweight Gears and Actuators
After sliding from its peak more than 25 years ago, U.S. manufacturing appears to be on the way back. Factory automation is a critical element enabling U.S. manufacturing companies to effectively … [Read more...] about Improve the Productivity of your Factory Automation Systems with Lightweight Gears and Actuators