Keith Kowalski is Vice President of Technology and Robert Pulford is an Application Engineer with Haydon Switch and Instrument Inc. The linear step motor, or linear actuator, first came into being in ...

A majority of automated systems using linearmotors today rely on a rotary servo motor coupled to a ball screw,belt-drive, rack-and-pinion, or even a cam-follower mechanism which convert therotary ...

For rotary or linear motors, motion is produced in the same way and the same basic physics and electromagnetic forces apply. The theory that produces "torque" in a rotary motor produces "force" in a ...

When you need to convert rotary motion to linear motion, cam followers offer precision, easy mounting, reliability, and maintenance advantages. Cam followers are among the most simple yet versatile ...

Linear actuation is employed everywhere, for packaging, life sciences, transportation, and factory automation jobs. Pneumatic and hydraulic linear actuators operate on pressure differentials; ...