Fundamentals of Engineering High Performance Actuator Systems - Hardcover

Hummel, Kenneth W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0768083621 ISBN 13: 9780768083620

Publisher: SAE International, 2017

Synopsis

Actuators are the key to allowing machines to become more sophisticated and perform complex tasks that were previously done by humans, providing motion in a safe, controlled manner.

As defined in this book, actuator design is a subset of mechanical design. It involves engineering the mechanical components necessary to make a product move as desired.

Fundamentals of Engineering High-Performance Actuator Systems, by Ken Hummel, was written as a text to supplement actuator design courses, and a reference to engineers involved in the design of high-performance actuator systems. It highlights the design approach and features what should be considered when moving a payload at precision levels and/or speeds that are not as important in low-performance applications.

The main areas covered in this book are:

• Fundamentals of actuator design
• Actuator performance
• Loads that the actuator and its surrounding structure must accommodate
• Constraints which determine the type of load the actuator needs to accommodate
• The design margin applied to components of any given design
• Environment which must include the interactions between product and the conditions it will have to perform under
• Component strength to ensure safety from failure
• Component stiffness
• Maintainability
• Reliability
• Cost

Edition details

• Publisher: SAE International
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0768083621
• ISBN 13: 9780768083620
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277