Actuation Lab - Engineering Actuators for the World's Most Extreme Environments

Actuation Lab正在为极端环境设计世界上最强大的执行器。执行器是使机器移动的工程装置。Actuation Lab开发了一种革命性的流体动力执行器技术，Callimorph，从根本上设计，以最好地利用现代复合材料的独特性能。超轻的Callimorph由单个部件组成，消除了传统活塞致动器中导致许多问题的滑动密封件，同时还表现出复合材料固有的优异的比强度和耐腐蚀性。其结果是一个高性能的免维护执行器，能够在世界上最脏，最多尘和最咸的环境中生存。Callimorph在极端环境中的生存能力受到海洋、石油和天然气以及海上可再生能源行业的极大关注，该技术有可能减少昂贵的故障和维护，同时延长产品寿命，减少与处理笨重的传统执行器相关的危险和成本。该项目需要将Callimorph从TRL 4演示器升级为TRL 7产品，准备进行使用测试。该项目是Actuation Lab Ltd和国家复合材料中心之间的合作。

Actuation Lab is engineering the world's most powerful actuators for extreme environments. Actuators are engineered devices that make machines move. Actuation Lab has developed a revolutionary fluid powered actuator technology, the Callimorph, designed from the ground up to best exploit the unique properties of modern composite materials. The ultra-lightweight Callimorph is composed of a single part, eliminating the sliding seals that cause so many issues in traditional piston actuators, while also exhibiting the excellent specific strength and corrosion resistance inherent to composite materials. The result is a high-performance maintenance free actuator, able to survive in the world's dirtiest, dustiest and saltiest environments. The Callimorphs survivability in extreme environments is of great interest to the marine, Oil and Gas and offshore renewable energy industries, where this technology has the potential to reduce costly failures and maintenance while extending product life and reducing hazards and costs associated with handling bulky traditional actuators.This project entails taking the Callimorph from a TRL 4 demonstrator to a TRL 7 product, ready for in-service testing. This project is a collaboration between Actuation Lab Ltd and the National Composites Centre.