LEKFS Electric Actuator Context

Market context

LEKFS is SMC's electric slider actuator family for transfer axes, fixtures, compact automation, and machine-positioning workflows around robot cells.

  • Target environment: Factory automation, robot-cell peripherals, part-transfer mechanisms, test stations, fixtures, and compact machine axes.
  • Workflow context: Linear positioning, part presentation, fixture movement, compact transfer, machine-axis control, and automation-cell motion.
  • Customer context: Automation integrators, machine builders, robot-cell designers, and manufacturers using electric actuator modules.
  • Deployment model: Actuator module integrated with controllers, motors, machine frames, sensors, power, and application-specific tooling.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial SMC actuator family positioned for high-rigidity linear motion and industrial automation use.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on payload, stroke, speed, guide rigidity, motor type, controller compatibility, and required positioning accuracy.
  • Market position: Electric linear actuator component for robot-cell and machine automation.
  • Adjacent products: KK Single-Axis Robot, MISUMI Linear Shafts, SHS Caged Ball LM Guide

Audience

Machinery OEMs

Workflow

Linear positioning, part presentation, fixture movement, compact transfer, machine-axis control, and automation-cell motion.

Deployment environment

Factory automation, robot-cell peripherals, part-transfer mechanisms, test stations, fixtures, and compact machine axes.

Specifications

  • Speed Range: Up to 1500 mm/s in AC servo variants
  • Drive Mechanism: Ballscrew-driven slider actuator with high-rigidity guide
  • Variants: LEKFS16, LEKFS25, LEKFS32 and LEKFS40 step-motor variants; LEKFS25, LEKFS32 and LEKFS40 AC-servo variants
  • Stroke Range: 50 to 1200 mm depending on model and drive type
  • Max Payload Kg: 65
  • Positioning Repeatability: +/-0.01 mm positioning repeatability in high-rigidity guide configuration

Family specifications

  • LEKFS16 - Stroke: 50 to 500 mm - Max Speed: 700 mm/s - Drive Type: Battery-less absolute step motor / 24 VDC - Screw Lead: 5, 10 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 15 kg
  • LEKFS25 - Stroke: 50 to 800 mm - Max Speed: 1100 mm/s - Drive Type: Battery-less absolute step motor / 24 VDC - Screw Lead: 8, 12, 20 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 30 kg
  • LEKFS32 - Stroke: 50 to 1000 mm - Max Speed: 1200 mm/s - Drive Type: Battery-less absolute step motor / 24 VDC - Screw Lead: 8, 16, 24 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 50 kg
  • LEKFS40 - Stroke: 50 to 1200 mm - Max Speed: 1200 mm/s - Drive Type: Battery-less absolute step motor / 24 VDC - Screw Lead: 10, 20, 30 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 65 kg
  • LEKFS25 - Stroke: 50 to 800 mm - Max Speed: 1500 mm/s - Drive Type: AC servo motor - Screw Lead: 6, 12, 20 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 20 kg
  • LEKFS32 - Stroke: 50 to 1000 mm - Max Speed: 1500 mm/s - Drive Type: AC servo motor - Screw Lead: 8, 16, 24 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 45 kg
  • LEKFS40 - Stroke: 150 to 1200 mm - Max Speed: 1500 mm/s - Drive Type: AC servo motor - Screw Lead: 10, 20, 30 mm - Max Horizontal Load: 60 kg

Tags

  • Peer Group: Electric Linear Actuators, Linear-motion components
  • Workflow: Industrial Motion Control, Robot joint actuation
  • Capability: Linear-motion capability
  • Stack Layer: Actuation layer, Robot actuation stack

Comparable Systems

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