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For design engineers, choosing the best actuator solution for linear motion projects is not as simple as it once was. Today’s applications require smarter, cleaner and more flexible technologies to integrate with their automated workflow. Whereas fluid power has previously been the solution of choice, more and more designers are finding that electric linear actuators bring more benefits to the table. 

Welcome to DPA's special three-part series on electric actuation. Following the previous interview on replacing hydraulic and pneumatic actuators with electric actuation, in the third and final part of the series, we will be talking to Anders Karlsson, Product Line Specialist at Thomson Linear, about smart actuators and the benefits they offer.

Welcome to DPA's special three-part series on electric actuation. Today, in the first part of this series, I will be talking to Håkan Persson, Global Product Line Director at Thomson Linear, about designing with electric actuation.

Thomson electric linear actuators offer a high-power, zero-maintenance solution that is simpler, cleaner, and more controllable than its hydraulic counterparts. What benefits can converting to electric deliver to your linear motion applications? Learn more >>

Thomson Industries, Inc. has added a real-time special machining configuration capability to its online shaft selector tool.

Thomson Industries, Inc. will be sponsoring Dirt-Torpedo, a university project team competing in Elon Musk's "Not-a-Boring Competition" for tunnel building. Thomson will provide the team with 20 Electrak HD smart electric actuators with CANopen control functionality, which will aid in the development of the boring machine.

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Motion engineering quiz: if you need to actuate a 500kN axial load along a 1500mm stroke, do you use roller screw or a ball screw?