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Reduced Risk of Reduced Service and Six Degree-
of-Freedom
Specimen Damage Maintenance Motion
System control characteris- Exlar electric actuators Hexapod
tics are maintained without eliminate the service and
adjustment or tuning, over maintenance cost of complex
widely varying environmental and contaminant-sensitive
conditions, as calibration does hydraulic systems. This
not depend on temperature savings combined with
and contamination sensitive less installed cost means
hydraulic valves and fl uid minimal ongoing
mediums. Exlar actuators also expense.
maintain a safe position upon
the application or removal of Energy Savings
power, thus reducing the risk With today’s cost of
of inadvertent damage to test energy, power con-
sumption is an
specimens.
important factor in
Much Less Infrastructure choosing which technology is em-
Exlar systems require only AC ployed. Exlar’s electromechanical No moving of plumbing, hoses,
power with easy connection solutions are 80% energy effi cient and accumulators, no recali-
of cables between the servo compared to 50% or less for fl uid bration, no bleeding of hydrau-
amplifi er and the actuator. power actuation. This increased lic lines, and no clean-up is
No hydraulic power supplies, effi ciency means lower long-term required. System operation is
lines, water cooling or associ- cost. all digital eliminating drift and
ated facilities are required, allowing continuous storage
often reducing initial cost to a Reduced Set-up and and recall of set-up and cali-
fraction of the cost of a hy- Reconfi guration Time bration parameters.
draulic system Exlar’s servo actuators are con-
nectorized in the most convenient Quiet Operation
Space Savings manner allowing connection and Electric actuation is very quiet
The space consumed by test disconnection with the simple twist compared to fl uid power
system components can be of a connector. Once programmed, actuators. The noise level of
critical to the design of the electric systems generally operate hydraulic actuators (not
test cell as well as the space with little or no additional calibra- including the hydraulic power
constraints of the facility. tion for the duration of its use. supply) can reach levels
Because an electro- Simply un- of 85 decibels or more. Exlar
mechanical system plug cables actuators operate at
eliminates the need by hand (no high rates of speed and yet
for the hydraulic tools re- maintain decibel levels in
power module and quired) and the low 70’s.
system piping, the position the
overall area taken up actuator in
by the system can be the new
greatly reduced. This location and
space savings can be reconnect to
a key in providing an begin opera-
effective and attractive tion.
test or simulation
system without the
expense of adding or
modifying your
existing facility.
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