Integrated Control Benefits Electric Actuators

    Feb. 27, 2023
    Ewellix’s SmartX digital platform integrates control technology into electric actuators, offering simplified installation and performance benefits.
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    Use of electric actuators is on the rise in a variety of applications. This has brought increased complexity to machine systems as there is a need for additional components such as a controller to drive the actuator. 

    Ewellix saw a need in the market for an integrated actuator package and introduced its SmartX digital platform. SmartX integrates CANbus control and absolute position control directly into the actuator, eliminating the need for a separate controller. This helps to simplify installation for OEM customers as they only have a single device to install and integrate into their machine. 

    The digital platform offers other benefits as well including improved functionality. Power & Motion spoke with Kirk Martin, sector sales director mobile machinery at Ewellix, to learn more about the SmartX platform. 

    READ our full interview with Kirk Martin for more on the SmartX platform. 

    The SmartX platform will be among the products Ewellix exhibits at IFPE 2023. Visit our IFPE channel for more on this and other content related to the year's largest event for fluid power, motion control and power transmission technologies. 

    About the Author

    Sara Jensen | Executive Editor, Power & Motion

    Sara Jensen is executive editor of Power & Motion, directing expanded coverage into the modern fluid power space, as well as mechatronic and smart technologies. She has over 15 years of publishing experience. Prior to Power & Motion she spent 11 years with a trade publication for engineers of heavy-duty equipment, the last 3 of which were as the editor and brand lead. Over the course of her time in the B2B industry, Sara has gained an extensive knowledge of various heavy-duty equipment industries — including construction, agriculture, mining and on-road trucks —along with the systems and market trends which impact them such as fluid power and electronic motion control technologies. 

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