Backlash-free miniature actuators come with many options

The Miniature Actuator has a reduced carriage height of 20mm, allowing for a low-profile footprint. Designed by Reliance, the unit provides the same reassurance of high accuracy and high repeatability as the company's other precision engineered components. The standard Miniature Actuator is offered in NEMA size 11, but the design can be easily modified to suit other NEMA frame sizes. It is available with two lead types - coarse and fine - and has a backlash-free motion. Other options include low-vacuum and cleanroom versions, the low-vacuum version being lubricated with a vacuum-compatible grease. The actuator also comes in a wide range of travel lengths, with the lower lengths making it suitable for vertical applications. Driven by a stepper motor, high resolution and accuracy can be achieved with smooth and quiet operation.

VS Particle, a European manufacturer of systems for automated nanomaterial production, has already used Reliance's Miniature Actuator to create an affordable XYZ system for a prototype nanostructured material printer. The unit was recommended by Reliance's project team as the right option because of its compact size and low-vacuum compatibility.

As well as standard arrangements of the Miniature Actuator, the product can be fully customised to suit customers' individual applications. Follow the link for more information about the new RLMA11 Miniature Actuator from Reliance.