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Hydraulic brake.
Hydraulic ram.
Used as sensor.
Close loop velocity controlling.
Highly precise positioning for heavy loads.
Pneumatic Actuator
It converts high pressure energy of compressed air into
either linear or rotary motion.
Quickly respond in operation.
Mechanical linear actuators typically
operate by conversion of rotary motion
into linear motion.
Screw-jack
Cam
Electric actuator is actuated by motor that converts electrical
energy into mechanical torque.
• Solenoid
• Electric motors
• DC servomotors
• AC motors
• Stepper motors
Electric actuator consists of electric motor, speed reducer,
position limit mechanism and over torque protection
mechanism and position feedback device.
A solenoid is a coil wound into a tightly packed helix.
In physics, the term solenoid refers to a long, thin loop of wire,
and wrapped around a metallic core.
Application:
Pneumatic valve.
Stepper Motor
A stepper motor is an electromechanical device which converts
electrical pulses into discrete mechanical movements.
Piezoelectric actuator is a device that makes use of the
inverse piezoelectric effect (generates mechanical energy
when subjected to electrical energy).
Piezoelectric materials are: Quartz, Ceramics, PZT(lead
zirconate titanate).
Advantages:
Short response time.
Ability to create high forces.
Higher displacement accuracy.
High energy efficiency.
Disadvantage:
Have small strains. (0.1-.2%)
High supply voltage needed.(60-1000V)
Large hysteresis.(actuator doesn’t go back to exactly where it
started).
Application
Hand-blurring correction of
digital cameras.
Ultra-precise mass-flow
controller.
Thermal/ Magnetic Actuator
These Actuators are actuated by applying thermal or Magnetic
energy.
These use shape memory materials (shape memory alloys
or magnetic shape-memory alloys).
They tend to be compact, lightweight, economical and with high
power density.
MEMS(Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) thermal
actuator where small amount of thermal expansion of one part of
the device translates to a large amount of deflection of the overall
device.
A device is considered to be MEMS device if its size is between
0.1 µm and hundreds of micrometers.
MEMS Magnetic Actuator is device that uses
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to convert an electric
current into a mechanical output.
SMA Actuator use SMAs(Shape Memory Alloys) that
contracts 4% or more when heated.
Usually heat is precisely generated by electrical current.