Actuators
January 30, 2008 by Steve Meyer · Leave a Comment
Another area of Mechatronics that is very confusing is the area of actuators. The problem is that you can buy actuators that are assemblies of several components, or you can buy the components, and they’re all called actuators. This is traditionally an ambiguous area of mechatronics and I will try to add a little definition to help clarify things a bit.
An actuator assembly is made up of 5 different technologies integrated into a package. These 5 are;
- motive power source
- means of transmission
- bearing or guidance
- frame or support structure
- position feedback (in most cases) Read more
