Stepper Lead Screw Linear Actuator Context

Market context

Hybrid stepper lead-screw actuator family for compact linear positioning and mechanism motion.

  • Target environment: Industrial automation, robot fixtures, compact mechanisms, medical/lab automation and machine builders
  • Workflow context: Linear positioning, clamping, lift axes, stroke control and lead-screw stepper actuation
  • Customer context: Teams that need packaged linear motion without specifying motor, coupling and screw hardware separately.
  • Deployment model: Commercial linear-actuator component for compact motion axes and automation-system integration.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product family with public size, load, resolution and form-factor coverage.
  • Adoption constraints: Sizing depends on load, stroke, lead, speed, duty cycle and whether the form factor is external, captive, non-captive or electric-cylinder.
  • Adjacent products: Firgelli actuators, Thomson linear actuators, igus drylin actuators, compact servo-linear modules

Audience

Robot OEMs

Workflow

Linear positioning, clamping, lift axes, stroke control and lead-screw stepper actuation

Deployment environment

Industrial automation, robot fixtures, compact mechanisms, medical/lab automation and machine builders

Specifications

  • Size Range: 16 mm to 86 mm square motor sizes
  • Nema Sizes: NEMA 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, 23, 24 and 34
  • Maximum Load Range: 1.5 kg to 231 kg depending on NEMA size
  • Minimum Resolution Range: 0.00006 mm to 0.001524 mm depending on motor size and lead
  • Form Factors: External, non-captive, captive and electric cylinder versions
  • Screw Options: Acme screw and ball screw options

Family specifications

  • Variant 1 - Max Load: 1.5 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 6 - Motor Size: 16 mm
  • Variant 2 - Max Load: 4.5 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 8 - Motor Size: 20 mm
  • Variant 3 - Max Load: 14 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 11 - Motor Size: 28 mm
  • Variant 4 - Max Load: 23.5 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 14 - Motor Size: 35 mm
  • Variant 5 - Max Load: 23.5 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 17 - Motor Size: 42 mm
  • Variant 6 - Max Load: 92.5 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 23 - Motor Size: 56 mm
  • Variant 7 - Max Load: 92.5 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 24 - Motor Size: 60 mm
  • Variant 8 - Max Load: 231 kg - Nema Size: NEMA 34 - Motor Size: 86 mm

Tags

  • Peer Group: Linear actuators, Linear actuator
  • Workflow: Precision motion
  • Stack Layer: Actuation layer

Comparable Systems

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