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

驱动实验室 - 适用于世界上最极端环境的工程驱动器

• 批准号: 42974
• 金额: $ 28.39万
• 依托单位: ACTUATION LAB LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=42974
• 关键词: Actuation; Lab; Engineering; Actuators; World

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.

致动实验室正在为极端环境设计世界上最强大的致动器。执行器是使机器移动的工程设备。致动实验室开发了一种革命性的流体驱动致动器技术 Callimorph，该技术从头开始设计，以最好地利用现代复合材料的独特性能。超轻质的 Callimorph 由单一部件组成，消除了传统活塞执行器中导致诸多问题的滑动密封件，同时还展现了复合材料固有的优异比强度和耐腐蚀性。其结果是高性能免维护执行器，能够在世界上最脏、最多尘和最咸的环境中生存。 Callimorphs 在极端环境中的生存能力引起了海洋、石油和天然气以及海上可再生能源行业的极大兴趣，该技术有潜力减少代价高昂的故障和维护，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 演示器转变为 TRL 7 产品，准备进行在线测试。该项目是 Actuation Lab Ltd 和国家复合材料中心之间的合作项目。