First time poster. Sorry if this has been asked before and for my lack of knowledge but I did a quick search and couldn’t find anything.
I’m looking for a linear actuator that also rotates. So to be clear, a forward and backward motion at the same time as rotating clockwise and counter clockwise.
I am not sure what it is called or where to find them, cost etc.
Motor needs to be low RPM (5-50) and high torque. I was thinking a servo motor? But lmk if this is best.
Not sure if a linear actuator is the best description or if I should use some type of screw drive or worm drive.
Any advice on this issue would be much appreciated, thanks.
No particular product comes to mind, but it sounds like the motion of a nut along a lead screw. You might need to make something custom.
The other approach is to install a motor at the end which can support the force, perhaps using gearing to offset it.
Can you describe the project a bit more?
The video illustrates the motion I’m after, but yeah basically need it on a much much smaller scale. I need an “object” to be rotated and moved up and down through a hollow column. The column it would move through would only have a 10-12mm diameter. So yeah, perhaps a rotating motor that’s mounted on the end of a linear actuator ?
Do you know of any linear actuators that are sectioned into concentric tubular sections designed to slide into one another like an ‘old school’ telescope?
Cheers
P.S. A nut and screw motion is spot on, however, i think I’d prefer the rotational motion and the up and down motion to be controlled independently of one another.
Videos certainly help a lot. Nothing in our product selection like that at this time though, nor anything that fits into one another. Interesting product and we’ll keep an eye out.
