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

致动实验室正在为极端环境设计世界上最强大的致动器。执行器是一种使机器移动的工程设备。致动实验室开发了革命性的流体动力致动器技术Callimorph，其全新设计旨在最大限度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，消除了传统活塞执行器中导致如此多问题的滑动密封，同时还展示了复合材料固有的出色的比强度和耐腐蚀性。其结果是一种高性能的免维护执行器，能够在世界上最脏、最脏和最咸的环境中生存。Callimomph在极端环境中的生存能力对海洋、石油和天然气以及海上可再生能源行业非常重要，这项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Callimogph从TRL 4演示程序转移到TRL 7产品，准备进行在役测试。这个项目是Actuation Lab Ltd和国家复合材料中心的合作项目。

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.