- An
actuator is a
component of a
machine that
produces force, torque, or displacement, when an electrical,
pneumatic or
hydraulic input is
supplied to it...
- Look up
actuation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Actuation may
refer to: High
Redundancy Actuation (HRA), a new
approach to
fault tolerant control...
- A
linear actuator is an
actuator that
creates linear motion (i.e., in a
straight line), in
contrast to the
circular motion of a
conventional electric...
-
Actuate may
refer to:
Actuate Corporation The
action of an
actuator This
disambiguation page
lists articles ****ociated with the
title Actuate. If an internal...
- A
valve actuator is the
mechanism for
opening and
closing a valve.
Manually operated valves require someone in
attendance to
adjust them
using a direct...
- A
rotary actuator is an
actuator that
produces a
rotary motion or torque. The
simplest actuator is
purely mechanical,
where linear motion in one direction...
- A
pneumatic control valve actuator converts energy (typically in the form of
compressed air) into
mechanical motion. The
motion can be
rotary or linear...
- A
moving magnet actuator is a type of
electromagnetic linear actuator. It
typically consists of an
arrangement of a
mobile permanent magnet and fixed...
- A powder-
actuated tool (PAT,
often generically called a
Hilti gun or a
Ramset gun
after their manufacturing companies) is a type of nail gun used in construction...
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Plasma actuators are a type of
actuator currently being developed for
active aerodynamic flow control.
Plasma actuators impart force in a
similar way to...
