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Charlotte Stonestreet
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The Electric Actuator Company - A World Class British Business
26 January 2015
The Electric Actuator Company Limited, has been designing, manufacturing and supplying electric actuators from their Bradford facility since 1957. They pride themselves on being a British manufacturer of a world-class product, building machines to suit a vast number of applications across many industries around the world.
The success and longevity of the company can be attributed to first class product design, build quality and a manufacturing process that is second to none in the actuation industry. They have been supplying electric actuators to the Mining. Power Generation, Railway, MOD, Water Boards and Oil Industries for many years and more latterly to assist in the creation of Green Energy namely wind turbines.
Technically, the principle is that the actuator motors are fitted and combined with a worm gear drive to give increased torque and slower speed. The leadscrew is driven by the worm wheel and a drive nut and push/pull tube travel along the leadscrew proving linear motion. The actuator can be stopped at any point of the stroke and will hold its position and maintain its rated thrust unless there is a vibration present.
In this case the brake option should be fitted. Position switches, signal switches and potentiometer assemblies can be fitted on the back of the actuator gearbox and are driven through a spur gear train.
The advantage of an ‘all electric’ installation is that no compressed air or hydraulic supply is required. They offer a quick response to control signals, they maintain full thrust with power off and there is no power consumption with the power off. They can also be mounted in any position and the electrical components for control are generally inexpensive.
If you require an electric actuator for any application, start by contacting our technical team at the original Electric Actuator Company.
Web: www.electricactuator.co.uk Email: sales@electricactuator.co.uk
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