Mechanical Handling & RoboticsArticulated Arm Robot
Application Background: When most people picture a robot in a manufacturing operation they see...
X-Z Heavy Duty Gantry Robot MGS UC3
Mechanical Handling & Robotics3 Axis Cartesian Gantry System
Application MacBUILT 3 axis X,Y & Z Cartesian Gantry system. The Challenge A client...
X-Z Heavy Duty Gantry Robot MGS UC3
Mechanical Handling & RoboticsFish Diverter Doors
Application Controlling doors that are part of a system used to manage the flow...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
Tritex II (T2X) 60mm DC
Health, Pharmaceuticals & PlasticsReduce Material Wrinkling
Application Turret rewinder for accurate winding of product rolls. The Challenge Circonix Technologies was...
GSX40 Series
Health, Pharmaceuticals & PlasticsColpitt – Blood Bag Welding
Application Blood bag sealing equipment. The Challenge Controlling motion of the sealing applications through...
GSX40 Series
GSX50 Series
Health, Pharmaceuticals & PlasticsMEAF Machinery – Thermoforming
Application Thermoforming mould equipment. The Challenge Achieving higher mould forces, smoother motion profile and...
FT60 Series
GSX60 Series
Health, Pharmaceuticals & PlasticsMoulding Inserts
Application Moulding hearing aid inserts. The Challenge Whether for vacuum cleaners, hearing aids, or...
GSX20 Series
GSX30 Series
GS40 Series
Health, Pharmaceuticals & PlasticsInjection Moulding
Application Cleaner, quieter and less expensive to run injection moulding machines. The Challenge Whether...
GSX20 Series
GSX30 Series
GSX40 Series
Process Control ValvesPerfect Servo Valve Pipeline Flow Control
Application Controlling the flow rate of various refined products from a refinery to the...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
Process Control ValvesBagging Machine Valve Control
Application Gate valve control on an automated bagging machine. The Challenge Hamer is using...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC Rotary Actuator
Process Control ValvesReliant Energy Windbox Dampers
Application Actuators for damper control to in the Cheswick power generation plant. The Challenge...
GSX30 Series
Process Control ValvesDamper Control for Air Exchanger
Application Vertical damper control in an air exchanger system. The Challenge This customer historically...
FT35 Series
Process Control ValvesInjection Pumps and Samplers
Application Electric actuators bring programmable control to injection pumps and samplers The Challenge Typical...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
Tritex II (T2X) 60mm DC
Process Control ValvesExothermic Valve Control
Application Control of a three-way valve for cycling oxygen flow. The Challenge Xothermic was...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC Rotary Actuator
Tritex II (T2X) 60mm DC Rotary Actuator
Process Control ValvesCHS Cenex Pipeline Flow Control
Application All-electric actuators replace hydraulics for pipeline flow control. The Challenge CHS Cenex sought...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
Tritex II (T2X) 60mm DC
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC Rotary Actuator
Tritex II (T2X) 60mm DC Rotary Actuator
Food & PackagingButter Press
Application Electric Actuation Saves Milk Processor 60% in Power Consumption – A case study...
FTP215 Series
Food & PackagingAdelphi Packaging System
Application Liquid filling systems are revolutionised by Adelphi Packaging Machinery’s new System F Materfil...
FTX125 Series
FTX 160 Series
GSX30 Series
GSX40 Series
Food & PackagingVolumetric Filling
Application A wide variety of volumetric filling machines for both the food & drink...
GSX20 Series
Food & PackagingHaas Mondomix
Application Dispensing and pressing chocolate truffles. The Challenge Accommodating high-duty processing and high product...
KX60 Series
Mobile EquipmentLocomotor Medical
Application Locomotor rehabilitation mobility therapy machine. The Challenge Locomotor Training is a rehabilitation strategy...
GSX30 Series
GSX40 Series
Mobile EquipmentDarpa Urban Grand Challenge
Application GSM20 linear actuators from Exlar provide the actuation for acceleration and braking in...
GSX20 Series
Automotive, Metals, Machine ToolsTyre Rubber Applications
Application Tyre production applications with electrical The Challenge Applications – Tyre manufacturing involves dozens of...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC Rotary Actuator
GSX20 Series
Automotive, Metals, Machine ToolsPressing for Cast Parts
Application Pressing and straightening of cast automotive parts. The Challenge Previous machine designs utilized...
GSX20 Series
Automotive, Metals, Machine ToolsAutomatic Riveter
Application Positioning an automatic riveter used to assemble conveyor belts. The Challenge The customer...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC Rotary Actuator
Automotive, Metals, Machine ToolsIndian Satellite Welding
Application Satellite welding at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The Challenge For the...
TTX080 AC Series
GSX20 Series
Automotive, Metals, Machine ToolsBattery Resistant Welding
Application Robot welding force control. The Challenge High compression force is crucial for battery...
GSX20 Series
EntertainmentKiller Whale Animation
Application An animatronic Killer Whale animation for production company Mannetron. Moving the internal frame...
GSX30 Series
EntertainmentRAF Cosford
Application Situated in the venue’s Test Flight Hangar, the new theatre provides visitors with...
XY Table MGS-R20
GSX40 Series
EntertainmentMiss Saigon Helicopter
Application Delstar Engineering now part of Tait developed a Pan and Tilt Helicopter for...
X/Y Table MGS-R20
GSX40 Series
EntertainmentFord Focus 6DOF
Application Exlar FT60 actuators used to power the Sim-Zilla Racing Simulator are unforgettable from...
FT60 Series
Testing & SimulationWater Resistant Belt Drive Actuator System
Application Custom MacBuilt Belt Drive System The Challenge An automated solution to support an...
MSA R20 Belt Actuator
Testing & SimulationThoroughtec Mining Simulator
Application Control of mining simulators, which replicate the operation of surface mining vehicles such...
GSX20 Series
Testing & SimulationSurface Material Testing
Application Field‐testing soil, rock and geosynthetics for public safety powered by Exlar. The Challenge...
KX60 Series
Power GenerationEastman Chemical
Application Valve control for a GE turbine, driving a 7.5-megawatt electric generator, operated on...
GSX60 Series
Power GenerationCaterpillar – Diesel Engine Motor Waste Gate
Application Linear actuation of the motor waste gate. The Challenge The customer previously used...
GSX40 Series
Power GenerationPulp Pilot Valve Control
Application Pilot valve actuator on inlet and extraction turbine valves at a pulp mill....
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
Power GenerationLovejoy Controls
Application Control of a governor valve on a turbine. The Challenge Saudi Aramco had...
GSX20 Series
Mechanical Handling & RoboticsCoal Diverter Gates
Application Coal Diverter Gate. The Challenge The customer was using an Andco hydraulic actuator...
FT60 Series
Power GenerationAchema Steam Valves
Application Steam Turbines, particularly in corrosive or harsh environments, often need main throttle valve...
FT35 Series
GTX080 Series
FTX095 Series
Exlar SLM 60mm
Testing & SimulationGerman Research Institute
Application Material fatigue testing The Challenge The German Research Institute was attempting to use...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
GSX20 Series
Mobile EquipmentSperry Rail
Application Positioning and regulating line fault detectors. Olsen Actuators & Drives customised Exlar actuators,...
GSX40 Series
Power GenerationGilkes Spring Fail Safe Hydro Turbines
Application Pilot valve actuator on inlet and extraction turbine valves at a pulp mill....
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
AerospaceAerial Fire Fighting
Application Valve control for the dispensing system of the Evergreen Supertanker firefighting jet The...
GSX20 Series
MarineFugro – Engine Control
Application Providing world-class, competitive deep-sea drilling accuracy needs reliable, resilient actuators suitable for specialist...
GSX20 Series
MarineSubsea 7 – LARS Moonpool
Application Fully electric Launch & Recovery System (LARS) for a twin Remote Operated Vehicle...
GSX20 Series
Food & PackagingTetra Pak
Application Servo solution for volumetric pumps in filling processes. The Challenge In the late...
DefenceHarris T7 Bomb Disposal Robot
Application Robotic arm for British Army bomb disposal robot. Featuring ‘haptic feedback’ that allows...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm DC
Process Control ValvesSuction Control Improvement
Application Control the operating pressure on a compressor with a four-inch suction pressure-reducing valve...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC Rotary Actuator
Tritex II (T2X) 60mm DC Rotary Actuator
EntertainmentShrek Dragon Wings
Application Exlar Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC actuators power the Dragon wings in Shrek...
Tritex II (T2X) 75mm AC
AerospaceEDM Ejector Seat
Application Aircraft flight simulators need to realistic and that’s what EDM and Olsen Actuation’s...
GSX20 Series
MarineGriffon Hoverworks – Rudder, Hatches, Ramps
Today’s most technically advanced hovercraft is benefiting from world-class technology from Olsen Actuators &...
GSX20 Series
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