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Haydon Kerk Express online tool speeds up linear actuator selection

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

linear actuators

Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK’s Advanced Motion Solutions division, has debuted its new Haydon Kerk Express online linear actuator calculator. The Haydon Kerk Express tool joins the Pittman Express tool, released last year, and allows users to now identify and select the right linear actuator for their applications quickly and easily. When […]

Filed Under: Industry news, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: haydon kerk, haydonkerk, Linear Actuators

Ametek Haydon Kerk Pittman introduces EGS low-profile precision rail

★ By Rachael Pasini Leave a Comment

As a world leader in compact linear motion systems, Ametek Haydon Kerk Pittman (HKP), a business unit of Ametek, is pleased to announce its new EGS04 low-profile precision rail. The EGS “efficient guided system” is ideally suited for customers in lab automation and electronic assembly whose applications require high speed and highly efficient point-to-point motion. […]

Filed Under: Ball + roller guides, Slides + guides (all) Tagged With: ametek, haydonkerk

New size 17 hybrid linear actuator features enhanced performance

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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AMETEK Haydon Kerk Pittman, a business unit of AMETEK, announces the availability of its new 43000 Max Series Size 17 single- and double-stack hybrid linear actuators. Based on the company’s best-selling compact hybrid 43000 motor, the Max Series Size 17 delivers up to a 30% performance enhancement over its predecessor when used with almost all […]

Filed Under: Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: haydonkerk, Linear Actuator

Motion Trends: Applications expand for versatile lead screws

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Improvements in lead screw designs have meant screws that are increasingly competitive with other types of drive screws, including ball screws. For instance, lead screws can offer shorter lead times and better performance, all at a lower cost than other screw technologies. Quite a few lead screw manufacturers offer a range of anti-backlash options, superior […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: haydonkerk, igus, thomson

Motion Trends: 3D printing aides lead screw design, prototyping

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

lead screws

A number of trends in the motion industry are impacting lead screw design and implementation. One of these is the miniaturization of components. For instance, applications in optics as well as medical devices demand high precision, and smaller miniature lead screws can meet high precision specifications and can fit where space is limited and where […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Linear drives (all) Tagged With: haydonkerk, lead screw

3DP leadscrew nut insert from Haydon Kerk boosts accuracy of 3D-printed prototypes

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Now, a 3DP (3D-printed) leadscrew-nut insert prototype service from AMETEK Haydon Kerk gives machine builders a way to verify linear-motion design iterations quickly and more accurately. Engineers typically do not have access to 3D printers to do this prototyping. Instead, most of them contract with a third party to get quick turnaround on parts. With […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven, Featured Tagged With: haydonkerk

Can-stack linear actuators: How the motor and screw components work

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Can-stack linear actuators are one type of stepper-motor design that converts rotary to linear motion with a built-in leadscrew. The linear actuators incorporate can-stack motors — sometimes called claw-tooth step motors, tin-can stepper motors, or claw-pole motors — leverage low-cost construction with punched sheet-metal parts that form toothed (or clawed) cups surrounding bobbin coils. Common […]

Filed Under: Ball + lead + roller screws, Featured, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: dingsmotionusa, haydonkerk, kocomotion, nipponpulse

Haydon Kerk adds mold flow Analysis software for rapid custom lead screw nut solutions

★ By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions recently added a powerful mold flow analysis software to help with the design of custom-molded lead screw and linear motion components.  Solid Works Plastic Professional is an engineering tool used by Haydon Kerk’s experienced tooling engineers to help speed up the design process and offer customized solutions to fit customer’s application […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven Tagged With: haydonkerk

How to size and use stepper motors that integrate rotary-to-linear motion?

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

No motor subtype satisfies all applications, as all have their own benefits and drawbacks. Even so, axes that need incremental strokes often use dc motors that are either stepper or servomotors. Very advanced designs incorporate linear motors to do away with gearboxes, belts and pulleys, ballscrews, leadscrews, and other power-transmission components — for high accuracy […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: haydonkerk

What’s the use of a force versus linear velocity chart?

★ By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Force versus linear velocity charts are mainly a tool for engineers specifying screw-based linear actuators. In short, the charts help engineers pick the actuator screw resolution after settling on a given actuator frame size. Much like references that describe the capabilities of rotary motors alone, there are similar metrics that describe the capabilities of linear […]

Filed Under: Ball + leadscrew driven, Linear actuators (all) Tagged With: haydonkerk

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