The trend toward smaller satellites has challenged component manufacturers to reduce the size, weight, and cost of their products while maintaining high performance. Both a new stepper motor and a new harmonic drive were developed to meet this need. The resulting actuator embodies small angle stepper technology usually reserved for larger units and incorporates an integral approach to harmonic drive design. By product simplifications, costs were significantly reduced over prior designs.


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    Title :

    Miniature rotary actuator


    Contributors:
    Fink, R. A. (author) / Ellis, R. C. (author)


    Publication date :

    1996-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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