Linear Actuators

Many different linear actuators that people in industrial automation are familiar with provide straight-line motion. Rollon’s Bob Ward, Regional Manager, and Christopher Hirsch, Actuator Product Manager, spoke about the linear electromechanical actuator gaining popularity.

"We're definitely in a...

When you need a belt-driven actuator for automated linear motion, there’s a good chance you intend to use it in an aggressive working environment. If that’s the case, keeping chips and other debris out of your actuator will be your first concern as you specify your unit. After all, particle...

Industrial automation is no longer either an opinion or an option. It’s a fact. As a concrete part of business, it increases complexity for industrial designers and planners commissioned to design new solutions that can improve processes and make them more productive, efficient, and effective.

A linear actuator is a self-supporting structural system capable of transforming a circular motion generated by a motor into a linear motion along an axis. Helping to produce movements such as the pushing, pulling, raising, lowering or inclination of a load.

The most common use of actuators...

There’s no disputing that automation technology has changed the face of industrial operations. Nowhere is this more evident than spot welding, assembly and material handling where six-axis articulated arm robots perform complex tasks with high precision.

While these and other industries rely on...

The task of selecting, sizing and applying linear actuators involves many variables, from stroke length and duty cycle to precision and accuracy requirements. Ultimately, matching the right actuator to the intended application requires a close look at all of the specifications involved and then...

Adding a seventh axis to your six-axis robotic system can be beneficial in a number of ways. Your work envelope is expanded, allowing the use of smaller, less-expensive robots.

Parts can also be transferred to multiple workstations at greater distances, and more machines and processes are able to...

Rollon Corporation now manufactures linear actuators capable of providing a seventh axis of motion to anthropomorphic six-axis robotic arms with a curb weight of up to five-thousand pounds! Seventh-Axis systems — part of our Actuator Line Series — offer a host of customizable features to meet the...