Why use electric actuators?
Although electric actuators may be used anywhere a power source (electricity) is available, there are many applications where they are particularly well suited. For instance, in many remote installations it may be impractical to run an air supply and to maintain it. Air lines that freeze up may clog and render the equipment inoperable to damage more delicate instruments. If only a few actuators are to be installed in an area, electric actuators offer a simple means of automation for these smaller systems. Computer compatible. Perhaps one of the most important reasons for the trend toward using electric actuators has been the decreasing cost of using computers as system controllers and the ease and economy with which the actuators can be interfaced to such systems. This trend can be expected to accelerate with the advent of new microprocessors, or smart controllers, based on the versatile, low-cost microprocessor chips. Because of the increased speed and decision- and control-making cap
