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Actuator

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Smart materials; Smart structure; Unconventional actuator

Definition

Unconventional Actuator Systems

An actuator is a functional element which connects the information processing part of an electronic control system in a technical of nontechnical process. Actuators can be used to control the flow of energy, mass or volume. The output quantity of an actuator is energy or power, often in the form of a mechanical working potential (force times displacement). The actuator control is always achieved using very low electrical power, ideally without any power consumption. (Janocha 2004)

Actuators can be classified as conventional and unconventional actuators. Conventional actuators are commonly used as essential components for mechatronic systems (see Fig. 1 (left)). These are, for instance, electrical motors, pneumatic actuators, hydraulic pistons, or relays.

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Characteristics of mechatronic system and smart structure. (Reprinted from Drossel et al. 2015a, p. 211, with...

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    Welf Guntram Drossel & Kenny Pagel

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Drossel, W.G., Pagel, K. (2018). Actuator. In: The International Academy for Production (eds) CIRP Encyclopedia of Production Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35950-7_6520-3

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