What are electric cylinders and electric actuators?
A thorough comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of electric cylinders and hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders!
An electric cylinder or electric actuator is an electric device that converts the rotation of a motor into linear motion through a gear mechanism to extend and retract a cylinder. LINAK's electric cylinders and electric actuators are ideal devices for all types of equipment that perform tilting, lifting, pulling, and pushing, with a maximum thrust of 15,000N. *For more details, please feel free to contact us. *The video introduces the structure of the electric cylinder. You can select Japanese subtitles from the settings > subtitles in the video.
basic information
■Advantages of Electric Cylinders (Compared to Hydraulic and Pneumatic Cylinder Systems)■ - Easy installation: Simple and space-saving with just a driver/controller and power supply. Fewer components make installation straightforward. - Increased design flexibility: No piping required, easy handling with just wiring. Fewer components make design easier. - Good control: Various feedback functions can be easily added to the cylinder itself, making position control easy. Capable of maintaining position (self-holding), synchronizing multiple units, and manual operation. - Energy-efficient: Low energy loss and high efficiency. - Environmentally friendly: Clean with no risk of oil leaks (hydraulic) or air leaks (pneumatic). - Ideal for vehicles using DC power: Can be powered by batteries with DC 12V, 24V, 36V, or 48V. - Maintenance-free: No regular maintenance required, significantly reducing downtime. - Total solution cost: Simple and maintenance-free, resulting in low costs. ■Disadvantages of Electric Cylinders (Compared to Hydraulic Cylinder Systems)■ - Larger size required to achieve high thrust. - Not suited for high-speed operation. - No damping characteristics. - Higher sales price for the cylinder alone.
Price range
P2
Delivery Time
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Applications/Examples of results
■Industrial Applications■ - Construction machinery, forestry machinery, mining machinery (opening and closing of engine hoods, adjusting engine throttles, adjusting operator seat positions, locking mechanisms for attachments, raising and lowering of snowplow augers, etc.) - Agricultural machinery (opening and closing of fertilizer spreader discharge shutters, extending and retracting pesticide sprayer arms, folding tractor attachments, PTO adjustments, steering for agricultural robots, adjusting width and angle of various working parts, raising and lowering, etc.) - Landscaping machinery (raising and lowering of mower decks, adjusting the angle of buckets, adjusting cutting blades of brush cutters) - Factory equipment (locking mechanisms and elevation for AGVs (automated guided vehicles), opening and closing of machine covers and doors, raising and lowering of conveyor belts and work tables, adjusting various angles, etc.)
