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Actuator Thermal Derating Calculator

Estimate actuator heat rise, thermal margin, and preliminary derated force for repeated-duty actuator applications.

Actuator Peak and RMS Force Calculator

Estimate actuator peak force, RMS equivalent force, required rated force, and margin for repeated motion profiles.

Lead Screw Critical Axial Load Calculator

Estimate idealized critical axial load for a lead screw from root diameter, unsupported length, elastic modulus, and end condition.

Actuator Power Supply Sizing Calculator

Estimate the continuous current, peak current, and recommended DC supply power for one or more actuators from run current, starting current, simultaneous s

Bolt Torque to Preload Calculator

Estimate bolt preload and tensile stress from applied torque, nut factor, nominal bolt diameter, and tensile stress area.

Actuator Stall Current and Fuse Sizing Calculator

Estimate a preliminary fuse-current target from actuator run current, stall current, service factor, and allowable stall-current fraction.

Ball Screw Back-Drive Torque Calculator

Estimate back-drive torque and holding torque from axial load, screw lead, and screw efficiency.

ACME Screw Self-Locking Calculator

Estimate screw lead angle, friction angle, and self-locking margin from screw lead, mean diameter, and thread friction coefficient.

Screw Efficiency and Required Torque Calculator

Estimate required screw torque and mechanical power from axial force, screw lead, efficiency, and linear speed.

Screw Lead RPM and Travel Calculator

Calculate linear speed and travel distance from screw lead, rotational speed, run time, and slip factor.

Actuator Duty Cycle from Motion Profile Calculator

Estimate actuator duty fraction and motor-on time from extend time, retract time, rest time, and cycles per hour.

Jerk-Limited Actuator Move Time Calculator

Estimate acceleration time, cruise time, and total actuator move time from stroke, maximum speed, acceleration limit, and commanded dwell time.

Actuator Shock Load Calculator

Estimate deceleration, kinetic energy, and equivalent shock force from moving mass, impact speed, stopping distance, and static load.

Actuator Bracket Reaction Force Calculator

Estimate bracket axial component, transverse component, overturning moment, and bolt-pair reaction from actuator load, angle, offset, and bolt spacing.

Clevis Pin Shear and Bearing Stress Calculator

Estimate pin shear area, average pin shear stress, and projected bearing stress from actuator load, pin diameter, plate thickness, and number of shear plan

Optical Encoder Position Resolution Calculator

Estimate linear position resolution and stroke counts from encoder counts per revolution, decode multiplier, screw lead, and actuator stroke.

Hall Sensor Position Resolution Calculator

Estimate linear position resolution and total pulse count from screw lead, Hall pulses per revolution, quadrature factor, and actuator stroke.

Multi-Actuator Synchronization Error Calculator

Estimate actuator separation and platform skew from nominal speed, speed tolerance, run time, initial offset, and actuator spacing.

Actuator Backlash and Position Error Budget

Estimate worst-case position error, RSS random error, and bidirectional deadband from backlash, lead error, feedback resolution, and compliance shift.

Actuator Holding Force and Back-Drive Calculator

Estimate screw lead angle, friction angle, self-locking margin, and idealized holding torque for a linear actuator screw drive.

Potentiometer Position Accuracy Calculator

Estimate potentiometer feedback quantization, linearity error, worst-case error, and RSS position error from stroke, ADC counts, linearity, and repeatabili

Actuator Extension Tube Buckling Calculator

Estimate idealized Euler buckling load and applied-load utilization from elastic modulus, second moment of area, unsupported length, effective-length facto

Actuator Cable Voltage Drop and Loaded-Speed Estimate Calculator

Estimate actuator terminal voltage, cable voltage drop, cable heat loss, and idealized loaded-speed change from supply voltage, current, cable resistance,

Lead Screw First Critical Speed Calculator

Estimate an idealized first lateral critical speed for a uniform lead screw from root diameter, unsupported length, elastic modulus, density, and end-condi

Dual-Actuator Open-Loop Drift and Skew Calculator

Estimate position separation and platform skew between two open-loop actuators from initial offset, measured speed mismatch, correction interval, and actua

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