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Electric Cylinders

Electric cylinders, or electric linear actuators, are devices that produce electromechanical linear motion by converting electrical energy into mechanical energy. Electric cylinders offer smoother motion control as well as more positioning points than hydraulic or pneumatic actuators. In addition, electric cylinders have higher accuracy, better work efficiency, easy-installation and a longer service life.

Electric cylinders have high accuracy, excellent work efficiency, easy-installation and a long service life. In fact, research on electric cylinders has delivered improvements in force, environmental parameters and dynamic response that have enabled electric cylinders to serve applications formally dominated by pneumatic and hydraulic linear actuators. Read More…

Electric Cylinders Electric cylinders, or electric linear actuators, are devices that produce electromechanical linear motion by converting electrical energy into mechanical energy.

Del-Tron Precision, Inc. was founded in order to serve the needs of automated equipment manufacturers for innovative, high quality and reasonably priced anti-friction linear bearings and associated products such as valve actuators.

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Utilized in a variety of applications and industries, the products designed and manufactured at Burr Engineering & Development include ball screw actuators and similar mechanisms.

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At IAI America, we are dedicated to providing value and originality with any product that we provide to you. Our linear actuator model types include slider, folded-motor slider, rod, and single, double, or ball-bushing type guided rod actuators. Our staff members are committed to being available in order to bring you full customer satisfaction while delivering the products that will best suit...

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Isotech provides a number of different linear actuator & lifting columns for various applications. These products can be customized to meet your specific load requirements and travel distances. You can trust the accuracy of these solutions and the experts at Isotech is always available to assist you with your needs. Feel free to contact them today to learn more information!

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ElectroCraft hybrid stepper-based linear actuator solutions provide original equipment manufacturers the precision, performance and reliability that is required for a wide variety of motion control positioning applications. From medical and laboratory equipment to industrial machinery, ElectroCraft offers configurable or completely customizable solutions in three unique product designs: linear...

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Our linear actuators are at the top of the market and on the leading edge of innovation. If you need a new design or modification to an existing design, we are the true professionals that you need to call.

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Tusk Direct’s specialty is linear motion components. We offer slides, bearings, lubricants and assemblies compatible with pneumatic or electric actuators and actuator systems.

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Electric linear actuators are quickly replacing pneumatic and hydraulic actuators because they save money by reducing unnecessary energy consumption within plants, vastly improved control and flexibility, are beneficial for multi-positional tasks and provide no health and environmental issues due to high noise levels.

Well-suited for applications requiring tight tolerances, typical applications for electric cylinders include automatic sliding of a TV into a cabinet, raising and lowering tractor attachments, die bonding, industrial automation processes, electrical testing equipment and wastewater treatment.

Electric linear actuators utilize valves such as globe, gate, diaphragm, angle and pinch that feature a sliding screw or rod that closes or opens the valve. There are three main types of screw assemblies through which electric cylinders provide linear motion including motor driven ball screw, lead screw and ACME screw.

Motor driven ball screws are ball nut and power screw combinations with ball bearings that ride between the screw and the nut in a recirculating track when the actuator is in motion. ACME screw assemblies are screws that have matching threads on both the nut and the screw. Lead screw assemblies are the simplest form with a lead screw and a drive nut.

In each assembly the load is attached to the end of the lead screw, or rod ends, and is unsupported. A thrust tube attaches to the rod ends as well as to the nut on the screw and stops rotation with a guide bearing. The screw can be powered by either a belt drive, geared drive or direct drive and is self-locking. The drives connect the motor to the electric cylinder.

Typical motors that power the electric cylinder include stepper, brushed DC or brushless servomotors.The motor can be attached to the side of the electric cylinder housing or on top of the guide cylinder which contains the screw assembly.

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Ball Screws

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Lead Screw

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