Ask an EngineerCustom Designed and Built Linear Actuators
At Tolomatic, we welcome the opportunity to create custom linear actuators for our customers: electric or pneumatic actuators, caliper brakes, gearboxes and other motion control devices. Think of custom actuator design as starting with a blank page. The ability to tackle custom work requires a strong design engineering department capable of turning your pains into real solutions run by a group of people who are willing to think outside the box.
We have our own in-house modeling and testing capabilities where custom actuators can be easily altered and controlled to fit the needs of the final design. The skilled technicians in our model shop control the complete process from beginning to end to ensure quick, efficient prototyping that conforms to the highest quality standards. The skilled technicians in our model shop control the complete process from beginning to end to ensure quick, efficient prototyping that conforms to the highest quality standards.
What are the benefits of custom actuator product designs?
Custom linear electric actuator designs provide specialized solutions that enhance efficiency and functionality for unique applications. By tailoring specifications, these actuators can significantly improve system performance.
- Optimized Performance: Custom designs can be fine-tuned for specific load capacities and motion requirements.
- Space Optimization: Actuators can be designed in various sizes and configurations to fit limited spaces.
- Improved Durability: Custom solutions can be engineered to withstand specific environmental conditions, enhancing reliability.
- Cost Efficiency: Tailoring designs can minimize material waste and lower overall manufacturing costs, leading to better long-term value.
How does the custom actuator design process work?
Here’s what to expect when you come to Tolomatic for a custom-built solution:
- Requirements Consultation: First you’ll collaborate with our design engineers for preliminary evaluation and concept analysis.
- Preliminary Design: Next we combine your needs with our expertise to develop an initial product design.
- Rapid Prototype: You’ll receive a prototype product for initial evaluation of form, fit, and function.
- Design Verification and Acceptance: Testing occurs to verify performance to your specifications.
- Production: Once we have final approval, your customized product will be produced and delivered.
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Interested in examples of our custom designed actuators?
Low-profile Precision Stage
Extremely tight deflection specifications were required to accurately position a spindle in a milling operation. This custom design precision stage when combined in a X-Y-Z configuration provided less than 0.007 inches (0.178 mm) of deflection at the spindle bit during all milling operations. A requirement not achievable with any commercially available products.
The Tolomatic design was within budget and allowed the machine to run at faster rates for increased throughput. It provided increased accuracy and rigidity and reduced contaminant ingress during the machining process.
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ServoChoke® SVC Electric Choke Valve Actuator / Operator
ServoChoke® SVC is a custom high performance linear integrated electric choke valve actuator that meets the rigorous needs of the oil and gas industry. The SVC provides a more reliable, high-speed, precision electric choke operator in performance drilling applications vs. conventional hydraulics or jack screw assemblies. The ServoChoke SVC is perfect for Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD), Set-point choke control and Choke & Kill for well control applications.
The actuator’s integrated servo motor, gear box and planetary roller screw enables the ServoChoke SVC to quickly and continuously modulate with the highest accuracy and repeatability. With global certifications for ATEX, IECEx, and Class I Div. 1 together with a temperature rating of -40° C to +60° C, the all steel, SVC actuator is designed to perform in the harshest environments.
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ServoPlace™ Precision Nut Placement
The ServoPlace System is a smart high speed electric solution specifically designed for precision nut & bolt (stud) placement in projection welding applications.
Replacing pneumatic cylinders provides increased line speed, extended life, a dramatic reduction in misplaced parts, and simplified system setup.
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Stainless-steel Electric Actuator
This custom designed all stainless steel electric actuator was designed specifically with the machine builder’s design engineers unique needs in mind. Switching their pneumatic filling process to electric would help to improve flexibility and speed for their food filling processes. They required an IP69k rating and the actuator needed to withstand 600lbs of thrust in a specified envelope size.
Tolomatic’s actuator design helped them reduce their setup times with flexible control of filling and dose size. It offered faster machine operation with instantaneous electric actuator force.
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Stainless-steel Integrated Actuator
A volumetric filling application required a hygienic, stainless-steel actuator with internal anti-rotate and seamless integration with Rockwell Automation Kinetix 5500/5700 servo drives. It also needed to withstand millions of trouble-free cycles. The custom designed Tolomatic actuator which combined features of its ERD and IMA products offered IP69K ingress protection, internal anti-rotate eliminating external guidance, a hygienic design for clean-in-place wash-down for reduced cleaning time and a roller screw for extremely long life and consistent performance.
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Stainless-steel Servo Motor
Tolomatic developed this hygienic, low-cost, stainless steel motor to meet the growing needs of wash-down applications in the food and beverage industry. Well suited to food stacking, pumping, filling, shaker tables and sorting applications, this cost-effective custom motor/actuator combination provided a hygienic solution that eliminated the need for extra guarding required when using other types of actuators.
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Super high-speed, electric actuator
Tolomatic created a custom-designed, cost-effective belt-driven, electric rod actuator with a patent-pending design that achieved the required speeds of over 100 inches per second (2540 mm) for true pneumatic replacement speeds for this part positioning application. Typically, this caliber of speed is achievable only with pneumatics or a linear motor solution which can be costly to implement. The pneumatic solution had consistent positioning issues and was consuming excessive amounts of energy.
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