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Get your truck ready for winter with a snowplow actuator! With the arrival of the winter season comes that pesky winter weather, most notably heavy snowfall. Snow can cause a great deal of frustration and stress when it comes to large amounts, blocking off roads and driveways for people everywhere. When situations like this arise, there is one piece of machinery that most of us turn to the snowplow. Guess what powers most of those snowplows? T...

An actuator is a type of transducer, a device that is capable of converting one form of energy into another. The energy may come from an electric current, hydraulic or pneumatic pressure. A motor is an example of an actuator that transforms energy from electricity or fuel into the energy of circular motion. A linear actuator, on the other hand, converts the energy of rotary motion into linear motion. Piezoelectric actuators are an example of o...