‘Rotary Actuators’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Jena Tec offers ballscrew repair discount from Jena Rotary Technology, which we summarised at the time by saying "Jena Tec can repair ballscrews of any make, type or configuration, with whichever type of ballscrew transfer system.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Actuator system for sampling applications from Heason Technology: "Heason Technology has launched a low-cost modular actuator range for pick-and-place and sample dispensing in life science and other analytical equipment applications. ".

In November 2009, we covered the news from Micromech - take a look at CNC router reduces time to market which says: "A manufacturer of personal care products has saved money by switching to a low-cost computerised numerical control (CNC) router that can produce point of purchase displays internally.".

Take a look also at the news release from PBC Linear, PCB provides linear motion for abrasive blasting, as well as Viscotec devises drive solution for dosage units from EMS, and Bodet to show tachometers for landing gear from Bodet Aero.

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Moving coil actuators have no mechanical backlash (November 2009)

SMAC electric direct drives utilise moving coil technology, which the company said provides long life and high reliability in comparison to conventional pneumatic devices.

Minitec releases News 2009 brochure (November 2009)

Minitec has published its latest News brochure, covering products that have recently been added to its Profile System range of machine framing and building components.

NIST installs 3D scanning system from Laser Design (November 2009)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has installed a Laser Design Surveyor WS Series 3D laser scanning system in its Materials Reliability Division in Boulder, Colorado.

Renishaw system checks rotary-axis alignment (November 2009)

Renishaw has extended its range of machine-tool testing and calibration systems with Axiset Check-Up, a solution for checking the alignment and positioning performance of rotary axes.

SDI torque pickup has internal digital data link (November 2009)

SDI's model 01424 can be utilised with a variety of instrumentation systems to measure rotating torque, including the 90386 USB Sensor Link.

Kistler offers sensitive and robust torque sensors (November 2009)

Kistler's piezoelectric torque sensors have a wide measuring range and are adaptable to match most configurations, making them suited to manufacturing-process monitoring.

Pitch gears with intelligent shaft sealing (November 2009)

Simrit has developed a radial-shaft seal system featuring a leakage sensor that allows for telediagnosis of the shaft seal and automatically sends a signal when the seal's wear limit is reached.

Rotary encoders provide 1nm and 2nm resolutions (November 2009)

Renishaw has introduced 1nm and 2nm resolution versions of its Tonic incremental encoder range.

Festo releases ERMB rotary actuators

Festo has launched a series of electromechanical rotary actuators that are capable of accommodating any desired angle of rotation.
Rotary actuators deliver uniform torque

Parker Hannifin's HTR rack and pinion rotary actuators can be pre-loaded to eliminate the effects of backlash, providing excellent positional accuracy and repeatability.