One of the neater application our ERC actuator is involved with is in the hovercraft industry.

In the video, Bubba Watson's hover has two of our actuators installed on it.  The actuators control the air scoops on the back of the hovercraft, which control the directional movement of the hovercraft.

Bubba Watson is a professional golfer on the PGA tour and winner of the Masters in 2012.

An existing client of our 722 ERC actuator who specializes in adapting vehicles for the physically challenged had a need for different actuator.  Although they appreciated the fail-safe options provided by the clutch feature of our ERC actuators for many of their applications, they encountered a situation that required that the actuator lock in its current position in the event of a loss of power or other system failure.   Because of size constraints the existing 722 ERC actuator was the only solution.  They also wanted maintain the speed, accuracy, force, mounting and reliability of our 722 ERC actuator, except without the clutch feature.  

In less than two months, we developed, tested, released and delivered a direct drive version of our ERC actuator(s) to meet their needs.  This allowed our client to finish his build and get his adapted vehicle to their customer ahead of schedule.

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The problem they were facing was not being able to find hydraulic valves that were electrical, proportional, and would fit onto the machine.

The 722 Series ERC was found to be the best solution for their project.  After receiving and mounting the actuators, they controlled them with their own radio remote control system which were able to directly interface to the actuators.

We checked in with them after a few months had past.  “The actuators are working, they are an absolute treat!  Our client is very happy.  Thanks!”

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Stop by our booth #4061 at the AUVSI (Association for the Unmanned Vehicle Systems Internation) in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The expo is August 7th to the 9th.  We'll see you at the show!

"Wow, this is great customer service. So unusual in todays business environment. Thanks." - Dean

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Once the wireless system came in we wired everything together and were able to deliver a custom solution our client.  From the day he placed the order to the day we were able to ship: 3-days.

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Do you have something that isn’t on our shelf?  We love custom, contact us and let us know what we can do for you.

We look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis.

In this application a John Deere electronic (Tier 4) diesel engines and is used to do manure injection into a farmer's field.  The actuator is incorporate into an assembly that allows the operator to easily set and adjust an upper engine RMP limit without going into the actuator itself.  Then thru a tractor mounted radio, he can increase/decrease engine speed to control the manure injection from across the field. The actuator's slow movement permits a controlled engine speed change eliminating a condition called "water hammer".  Their dealers then adds hydraulic and manure pumps, radio control unit and a trailer.

Their maintenance department decided to replace the entire engine control system and included our hand controls as part of an overhaul.  We built them up two new hand controls and shipped them out the next day which helped them minimize downtime.

Their train rebuild has since been completed and they are back up and running.

Effective immediately, the 771-0107 positional electronics has reached its end of life.  The following part numbers are also affected: 001-4622, 001-4703, 001-8639. 

Alternative/Replacement products/solutions will be available November 1^st, 2011.  Please contact us for more information.

We got a call from a potential customer who specializes in autonomous vehicles.  They liked the idea behind our 722 series actuator but for their application needed a mounting style more like the 723.  They also had the addition restriction of the physical space available to them near what they were controlling.

After discussing their needs, we worked with them and developed new version of the 723 actuator with a push-pull cable output instead of a rod.  This allowed our customer to mount the actuator in a space conducive to their needs and allowed for them to run the push-pull cable into the tight area.

One of the interesting applications we've been involved with involves 1:8 scale train locomotives.  Many years ago we partnered with a small company that needed a way to control their train locomotive throttle.  They decided to use our 723 Series ERC actuator with our proportional controller and an analog input.  Because safety was of the utmost concern, in the event of a failure are able to disengage the clutch and have a spring centering mechanism brings the train to a stop.

The trainmaster locomotive pictured above from one of their customers and is 22 inches high, 16 inches wide and 9 feet long... and yes, you can ride them!

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Each unit will use x4 of our 5" rubber latches, and the unit pictured is shipping to Universal Studios in Hollywood.

We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas.

With this factory going live with this product line one of the problems was sourcing all of the parts, one of which is a rubber piece, which is where Actus came in.

We received a drawing of what they were looking for and after a little back and forth we cut our engineers loose.  We quickly machined up some tooling, ordered material and cranked out the 100 piece requirement.

Three weeks after the first phone call conversation parts were shipped and the customer was happy.

 (Actual picture of the product from the customer)

In total for this project we created a new PCB, a new third position switch, a new mounting plate, and adapted a new style pull cable.