FOUR YEARS ago, Mclennan designed and suppled a novel custom motion system to drive the historic 5000kg rotating Fresnel lens lantern on the unmanned Tory Island lighthouse – located nine miles north-west off the coast of County Donegal.

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Available from Motion Control Products, the Tolomatic IMA-S stainless-steel integrated servo actuator is designed for the most demanding of food and beverage processing applications.

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AUMA has enhanced its SA/SAR actuator range with variable-speed models. Variable speed offers significant advantages in a wide variety of closed-loop and open-loop control applications, as for each change of valve position the optimum operating speed can be selected.

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At the Engineering Design Show Harmonic Drive will be showcasing a range of servo actuators and gears to support design engineers in creating innovative solutions for applications across robotics, automation, medical, defence and aerospace sectors.

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Thorite is offering electric drives from selected industry-leading manufacturers including Festo, Parker, SMC and Linak. This flexibility of choice means Thorite's specialist Automation Applications Team, using sizing software to check application parameters, can help customers specify the most appropriate solution to their precise application requirements, with all the benefits that electric actuation brings. 

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TÜV certification achieved by AUMA confirms that the company's SQ .2 part-turn actuators, SA .2 multi-turn actuators and AC .2 actuator controls in SIL version comply with the highest safety requirements.

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Exlar ER120 Series rotary explosion proof brushless servo motors and gearmotors, available from Olsen Actuation, provide an essential element as part of the vital safeguards necessary for operation in hazardous duty environments, which are constantly exposed to flammable gasses or vapours.

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Available in the UK from Techdrives, the new Linear-Mech SA range of Servo Driven Actuators is designed to take the place of pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders giving better performance, higher precision and substantial energy savings.

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For industrial applications where high accuracy, high torque and low weight are essential, the new CHA-14 and CHA-17 lightweight actuators from Harmonic Drive feature a central hollow shaft, helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to minimise complexity.

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AUMA has enhanced its range of compact SGC part-turn and SVC globe valve actuators with an additional size which extends the torque range from 500 to 1000Nm. Additionally, the two-layer powder coating, already standard for other products in AUMA’s portfolio, is now also applied to SGC and SVC actuators, providing excellent corrosion protection.

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At this year’s SPS the Parker Hannifin stand will be split into two areas: drives and motion. Both areas will showcase new solutions dedicated to delivering benefits such as optimising system performance, reducing time to market, improving reliability and cost control.

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Victory Series electro-mechanical actuators from the Seaway Powell division of the Precision Technology Group provide performance and versatility for precise, powerful, and clean linear motion.

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British manufacturer HepcoMotion will be showing linear and continuous motion products that best meet the needs of the high speed and high duty applications that are characteristic of processing and packaging automation.

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Olsen Engineering has launched the new Exlar Tritex II DC TDM/X integrated actuator in the UK.

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Rotork has introduced the third generation of its flagship IQ range of intelligent non-intrusive heavy duty electric valve actuators.

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New from Rotork Process Controls is a range of compact, robust and reliable electric actuators for control valves, regulators and other continuous modulating applications.

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The latest addition to SIPOS Aktorik’s range of electric actuators is an extreme precision product. Offering advanced flexibility and accuracy, the SIPOS 5 HiMod is said to address the most challenging valve control requirements for high end modulating duty, precision and longevity.

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Heason Technology’s new H series linear actuators are aimed at OEM positioning applications in automated manufacturing and test equipment where competitive cost vs. performance and maximum flexibility is required.

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Exeeco APS (Actuation, Projects and Services) has been awarded an extension to its three-year Framework Agreement with RWE npower

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