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News Release from: IMS Research
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2002
Air today, electric actuators tomorrow
New research from IMS shows that pneumatics companies must move into the electromechanical linear actuator market to protect their market share.
New research from IMS shows that pneumatics companies must move into the electromechanical linear actuator market to protect their market share One of the major areas for growth in the electromechanical linear actuator market is the replacement of traditional pneumatic cylinders
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A number of pneumatics companies have reacted to this threat, developing their own electromechanical linear actuator product ranges.
These companies include; Festo, Hoerbiger Origa and SMC Pneumatics.
However, this market is still dominated by mechanical companies who have the large majority of the market share as shown in the figure.
Price erosion and improvements in performance now mean that, more and more of the vast pneumatics market is being addressed by electromechanical linear actuators.
Major benefits provided by the replacement of pneumatic actuators with electromechanical linear actuators, include: significant savings made by reducing unnecessary energy consumption within plants; major improvements in control and flexibility, especially beneficial for multipositional tasks; and no health and environmental issues caused by high noise levels.
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