Electric Actuator Specialists
Electric Actuators Specialists
Lifetime systems solutions, electric actuators and aerospace servo drives.
Lifetime systems solutions, electric actuators and aerospace servo drives.

Lifetime systems solutions, electric actuators and aerospace servo drives.

 

Olsen Actuators

Powering You and Your Machines Forward!

You have found the UK’s premier electric actuator and servo drive specialists. If you need a replacement for an existing hydraulic, pneumatic or electric actuator or for a brand-new application, we have the capability in our range to help you.

If a solution doesn’t already exist, or your application is complex, unique or confidential, then just reach out to our highly qualified team. They will walk you through the optimum solution for your individual needs, whether this means a COTS, partially tailored or fully bespoke-to-you solution.

To complement our premier range of actuators, you can also find market-leading servo drives (power electronics). Again, these can be tailored to fit your specific needs, or you can draw on our years of experience in this sector to find you the best commercially available product for your application.

Olsen Actuators Anca Motion

We are delighted to have agreed a partnership with the Australian based ANCA Motion to become a distribution partner for their range of LinX® Tubular Linear Motors.

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ANCA Motion is a leading supplier of flexible control systems specialising in high precision solutions. AM has partnered with customers to create customised hardware and software to meet their bespoke requirements, excelling in high speed and precision automation solutions. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, ANCA Motion are specialists in Tubular Linear Motors and have been serving customers worldwide through direct and indirect representation. AM solutions are widely used in tool grinders, laser & plasma cutters, cylindrical grinders, water jet cutters, factory automation and bespoke controls. ANCA Motion’s new LinX® M-Series Linear Motor is an alternative to pneumatic, ballscrew, linear flatbed options.

The LinX® M-Series tubular linear motors are designed to improve on and replace inefficient, leaky and bulky pneumatics, ballscrew, linear flatbed options. ANCA Motion’s highly dynamic tubular linear motors are perfectly suited to industries like Food & Beverage and Packaging.

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Key features:

  • Velocities up to 10m/s
  • Continuous force range of 80N to 287N
  • Peak force up to 1200N
  • Integrated Position Feedback
  • Pneumatics retrofit friendly
  • Modular heatsink
  • Servo controlled
  • 30 micrometre repeatability

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Blowing away Pneumatics…

Air leaks can be expensive. According to a leading compressor technology company, one leak in one unit costing 8 pence/kW/hr to operate will represent well over £1,000 a year to a power bill. Maintaining pressure is also a challenge. When multiple actuators movements synchronise in a system, pressure drops occur. With a single point of failure - for example, air leakage at one location - the air pressure of the whole plant will drop, and operations will be affected.

The noise reduction when switching to electric automation is also a relief for operators.

“If you are working in or visiting a factory, you will usually hear a lot of noise,” explains Heng Luo, Product Manager, ANCA Motion.

“And that’s one big advantage servo-controlled linear motors have against pneumatics.”

Pneumatics can move quickly and forcefully from one point to another but with little positional control along the stroke. The LinX® M-series linear motor features an integrated position sensor with 10um of resolution, eliminating the need for an external encoder, thus simplifying the system design and reducing overall cost. The modular design, reduced footprint, and flexible mounting options enable flexibility in system integration. The M-series motors are compatible with standard Pneumatics making it easier & more straightforward to be retrofitted.

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The series is designed to deliver superior performance for high dynamic applications: velocity up to 10m/s and maximum acceleration of higher than 30G.

Compared with a pneumatic system, the LinX® motor reduces operating costs due to reduced energy consumption and maintenance. An estimated payback period versus pneumatic cylinders -- which, with their form factor and mounting design, the M-Series is a neat substitute for -- is only 18 months.

There is no denying a marginally higher up-front cost than their fluid counterparts. Still, the short payback period makes a compelling economic case, in addition to the long term environmental benefits. With such a highly engineered design, you wouldn’t expect the price to match more simple pneumatics. Still, you can be reassured that your investment in greater accuracy, cheaper operating costs, and the ease of flexibility will more than pay for itself.

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Another area of obvious advantage over pneumatics is the ease of reprogramming between jobs. A recent application for a customer’s forming machine substituted LinX® motors for pneumatics to move a cutting bed. Changes for different workpiece lengths could take six to eight hours for the painstaking recalibration of air pressure. Such adjustments now are a quick change in servo drive parameters - a matter of seconds. The improved positional control has boosted throughput by 50%, with the massively improved precision allowing the process to be confidently sped up.

M-Series is very flexible with more than 37 different shaft lengths from 330mm to 2.1m, five variants of Forcer, and different cooling mechanisms such as surface cooled, Fan-forced cooling and water-cooled. 

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The LinX-M® range is built on the success of the previous offering LinX® S-Series. This was initially developed for ANCA Motion's sister organisation - ANCA Machine Tools to replace the existing Ball screws & Linear motors in their market-leading five-axis grinding machines. 

This is an exciting new product line, complementary to our existing linear actuator range, for lower load/faster applications.

Discover even more about the ANCA Motion LinX® range here!

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We are qualified Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, with decades of expert experience in the sector. Olsen Actuators comprises a team of highly qualified engineers who go the extra mile to ensure that your needs are fully met. We pride ourselves on our service and we're always happy to talk with you about how we can help with your business' efficiency and costs.

Our extensive range includes our unique inverted roller screw technology which guarantees fast, accurate and reliable control that improves production rates and demonstrably increases machine and tool life. This novel technology means that our actuators are physically the smallest in the world for a given force, yet they offer 15 times the travel life compared with ball screws actuators.

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Olsen Actuation offers so much more than components. We are a market leader in the customisation and integration of electromechanical systems, and our unparalleled expertise is built into everything we supply, whether it’s a single actuator or a complex control system.

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Industries Served

We are fortunate enough to have valued customers from a broad variety of industries. While they all have different individual needs, there are bonds that link them. High-performance equipment, challenging environments and the need for expert and experienced technical advice and support are essential, and the experience we have from each sector helps us to assist other sectors in turn.

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Unrivalled Product Range

Olsen has a unique breadth and depth of the most high performance, efficient and reliable actuators on the market. We also supply an unrivalled array of supporting equipment to complement your applications, including Servo Motors & Drives, gear boxes, cables and countless options to customise to your specifications.

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Whether you’re looking for standard or custom actuators to build into your own systems, or for complete motion control solutions that include inverters, positioners, actuators and control cubicles, we can supply exactly what you need, when you need it. Moreover, you can be sure that all of our solutions are backed by our unmatched expertise and our years of experience in actuator technology.

Take a look through our range of products and if you have any questions, please get in touch or request a quote.

 

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