Mini gripper and low profile actuator move in

SMAC is in the final beta testing stages with its slimmest actuator yet, only 10mm in height, together with a new mini gripper.

SMAC is in the final beta testing stages with its slimmest actuator yet, only 10mm in height, together with a new mini gripper.

A great deal of attention has been paid to the packaging of both units to achieve optimum performance from their small size.

The LA10 series linear actuator has been designed specifically for applications where space is at a premium and as such it measures only 10 x 60 x 45mm.

Preliminary test report a peak force of 600g although the total weight is only 100g.

Stroke length is 5mm.

The GRP18 gripper shares the LA10's neat packaging and provides a stroke of 5mm per jaw in a unit only 18 x 70 x 55mm.

Each jaw is able exert a peak force of 400g independently of the other.

These additions to the SMAC range are both equipped with 5-micron encoders as standard, and offer 1 and 0.5-micron encoders as an option.

In line with all SMAC products they use the latest in voice coil technology, and their low moving mass coupled to zero backlash and low hysteresis provides the user with the capacity to perform very high speed moves within tightly defined performance envelopes.

They can be controlled using either SMAC's proven range of single and dual axis controllers, or any other proprietary servo controller.

As an alternative the company's Smart Driver is capable of converting stepper signals into servo movement wherever a stepper driven system is provided.

The closed loop nature of the system ensures that the position of the actuator is known at all times.

Force, velocity and acceleration can all be programmed and monitored, so that the movement profile can be closely controlled and procedures such as "soft land" can be performed with ease.

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