The first step to accelerating product delivery is to align your team, customers, and stakeholders on the goals and vision of your product. Doing this will help define the scope of the project, prioritize the right features, and clarify the product's value proposition. A shared, clear vision will help teams make faster, more informed decisions, resolve conflicts, and avoid unnecessary rework. This is especially important in manufacturing, which relies on reliable industrial automation systems and components.
EDrive Actuators, Inc. was founded in 1980, and our first patented precision electromechanical actuator represented significant evolution in the industry. Over the years, our company has grown by embracing design flexibility and responding quickly to our customers’ needs. While we offer a comprehensive standard product line, we often tailor our products based on the particular needs of an application.
Here, we’ll explore the benefits and applications of electric actuation, as well as how our linear actuators can serve your industrial automation applications.
Linear Actuators for Industrial Automation Applications
Linear actuators offer clean, safe motion control that is maintenance-free and efficient. By converting rotational motion into push or pull linear motion, linear actuators can facilitate the following actions of materials or machines:
- Dropping
- Lifting
- Sliding
- Tilting
Electric linear actuators use an AC or DC motor with a lead screw and a series of gears to push the main rod shaft. The size of the motor, which can range from 12V DC to 48V DC, determines the difference between actuators. Electric actuation provides greater precision, control, and energy efficiency compared to pneumatic and hydraulic systems. Electric actuators offer clean operation and are best suited for environments where high wash down conditions are present.
The primary variables for linear actuators include:
- Dynamic load capacity: the amount of force applied when the actuator is in motion
- Static load capacity: the force the actuator can hold in place when not moving
Linear actuators are critical in any industrial automation application that requires a load to be positioned, rotated, pulled, lifted, pushed, lowered, or tilted, such as:
- 2D/3D printing
- Aerospace manufacturing
- Automotive and industrial vehicle production
- Clean energy generation
- Factory automation
- Food and beverage processing
- HVAC fabrication
- Lab diagnostic systems
- Machine tools
- Marine applications
- Material handling
- Medical equipment
- Packaging processes
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Robotics
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- X-ray imaging
Product Integration From EDrive Actuators, Inc.
EDrive manufactures heavy-duty electric linear actuators for robust industrial automation applications. Our products deliver optimal performance where rugged construction, conservative design, longevity, and high precision are not only valued but required. Our electric linear actuators are particularly well-suited as replacements for older system solutions such as pneumatic and hydraulic linear actuators.
Machine builders and product integrators are increasingly embracing the power and flexibility of electric linear actuators due to the following advantages:
- Cleaner, quieter, and more energy-efficient
- Greater accuracy and repeatability
- Higher force and speed
- Higher system stiffness
- Improved performance
- Lower operating costs
- More scalability and flexibility
- Reduced maintenance requirements
Partner With EDrive Actuators, Inc.
EDrive Actuators customers benefit from our unwavering commitment to superior quality, customer service, and integrity. Our experienced staff provides professional guidance and technical support to assist in selecting the most appropriate solutions. Whether you need a standard product or a completely customized linear actuator system, EDrive Actuators has the solution you need for your project to succeed.
Contact us or request a quote today to learn how our electric actuators can integrate into your industrial automation application.
