Warner Linear

Finding components that perfectly suit the needs of an application can often be frustrating. Design engineers will often have to compromise their original design to some degree in order to match the components that are available. However, when a manufacturer of ramps for wheelchair accessible vehicles needed to find a linear actuator with a small footprint that could manually retract if required, Warner Linear was able to design a new product range that perfectly met all of its needs.

Warner Linear has supplied its S-Track linear actuators to a well-respected manufacturer of off-highway vehicles for use on a line of wheeled loaders. The actuators are used to facilitate fast and reliable bucket replacement on-site to minimise vehicle downtime. The Warner actuators were chosen for their robust design and operational flexibility, which made them the ideal solution for use within the demanding environments of the construction industry.

Linear actuators from Warner Linear have been specified for use on a new racing simulator which has been designed to give the driver the most realistic high speed experience possible. The actuators are used to create movement in the seat which simulates pitch and roll with braking, acceleration and cornering G-forces. The Warner Linear K2x models were specified due to their exceptional response time and load carrying capacity.

A digital CAN actuator control, developed by engineers at Warner Linear, can maintain a fully integrated bus architecture for all functions in an all-terrain in-vehicle control system. CAN, which was first used on the upmarket BMW 800 series, is now widely used throughout the car sector and has become very popular for other types of vehicle and mobile equipment. It is also used in aerospace, maritime, industrial automation and medical applications.

As wind turbine designers look to get more and more from their systems, key areas of focus are improving efficiency and simplifying maintenance.

Warner Linear’s new range of up to IP65-rated actuators provide the ideal solution for rugged to light duty linear motion tasks on agricultural vehicles. The actuators are easily customised to meet individual customer needs, and provide key user benefits such as maintenance-free operation and long operating life.