Businesses running equipment that depends on actuators, especially in high-cycle or nonstop operations, already know this: It’s common for actuators to fail without showing any warning signs.

All of a sudden, the production line stops midshift. It’s not until hours later that you find out that the compact actuator caused the problem.

Issues like this don’t happen in a snap. They’ve been a long time in the making. And many of them are preventable. 

A bigger problem than the industry talks about

Unplanned downtime due to equipment failures costs manufacturers in the U.S. an estimated $50 billion per year. Of that amount, motion-control equipment components like actuators account for a large portion.

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