Linear actuators break $100 price barrier
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Firgelli Automations product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
May 23, 2005
With its new line of linear actuators, Firgelli Automations has broken the $100 price barrier while offering twice as many stroke options, speeds and forces as most others on the market.
When it comes to linear actuators, auto enthusiasts, home hobbyists and retailers all want the same things: lower prices with more speed, force and stroke options.
By those criteria, it looks like one manufacturer has hit the ball out of the park.
With its new line of linear actuators, Firgelli Automations has broken the $100 price barrier while offering twice as many stroke options, speeds and forces as most others on the market.
Priced across the board at $99 retail, Firgelli Automations' actuator options include standard force, high force and high speed.
All are powered from a 12V DC supply and can be operated via remote control systems.
All Firgelli Automations' linear actuators are available in 6 to 24in lengths.
The company's standard force actuators also offer a 3in stroke option, and from June a 2in stroke will be available.
High force Firgelli actuators offer the highest push/pull capacity at 734N, followed by standard force actuators at 489N and high speed actuators at 125N.
Conversely, high-speed Firgelli actuators run at 51mm/s; standard force actuators offer a 13mm/s speed at full load, and high force actuators run at around 6mm/s at full load.
"The wider range of sizes, forces and speeds available in Firgelli Automations linear actuators makes for an equally broad range of applications", explained Robbie Dickson, Founder of Firgelli Automations.
"Along with lifting hoods, tonneau cover lifts, trunks and Lamborghini door lifts, Firgelli actuators have been used extensively for custom home theatre and car audio projects, golf cart customisation, plasma TV lifts, and in various industrial functions, the applications seem to be endless".
The single biggest factor setting Firgelli Automations apart from other manufacturers, though, is price, said Dickson.
The company's products typically cost 50 to 150% less than most others, and it is the only manufacturer in the world to offer a linear actuator under $100.
In OEM volumes, Firgelli Automations' price per actuator drops to as little as $30.
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