New range of subsea pressure compensated actuators

maxon has existing thruster products and saw an increase in enquiries for subsea pressure compensated actuators. The Aquatic Solutions team explains: "Customers were asking for thrusters but without the propeller. We listened to their requirements and developed a range for their needs."

A customer contacted maxon for a subsea inspection application. The units were driving sensors for the monitoring of corrosion on the various types of subsea structure.

From the detailed specification, a motor and gearbox combination were derived to deliver the output requirements from the input supply. Then it was over to the design engineers to package them into the oil filled housing and to detail the other modifications that the customer had requested. The result was a top-level drawing that was sent to the customer for approval.

Many industries are moving away from hydraulic actuation towards electro-mechanical actuation. maxon offers both rotary and linear actuation solutions for the subsea arena. Rotary could be motor only for high-speed low-torque applications or motor gearbox for lower speed higher torque applications. By utilising the maxon screw drive products the company can also supply linear actuators to suit a variety of speed and load applications, for applications such as grippers, manipulators, fin actuation and propulsion.

maxon has heritage in supplying products into very challenging environments, be that subsea, underground, in the air or on Mars. These environments provide a wide range of different challenges, shock and vibration, high-temperature, low-temperature and vacuum environments. maxon has invested in a large suite of test equipment to validate products to these challenging conditions. To the customer it is important that maxon continues to be a safe pair of hands delivering consistently high-quality product that work wherever they need them to operate.

Please follow the link to contact maxon UK & Ireland if you have a subsea requirement.