BCF ORG Tech Talk Brian Fisher

Episode 10 is the last in the Electric Actuator vs. Pneumatic Cylinder Series. 

We summarize the previous nine (9) Episodes where we covered:  Introduction to Electric Actuators vs. Pneumatic Cylinders, Industry Direction, Cost of Ownership, Unexpected Downtime, The Many Advantages of Electrical Actuators, Linear Motors Made Simple, Frequent Maintenance, Pneumatics and The Environment, and heard from actual users with their experiences of using Pneumatic Cylinders and Electric Tubular Actuators.

This Podcast series, focuses on the various subjects and topics, to help you, choose the right Industrial Automation Solution for your application.  
Each episode is approximately 10 - 15 minutes long so you can listen while commuting.
It’s targeted to Engineers and Project Managers.  

In Episode 9 we hear from actual users of the two different technologies, Pneumatic Cylinders and Electric Actuators, to get their perspective.

This Podcast series, focuses on the various subjects and topics, to help you, choose the right Industrial Automation Solution for your application.  
Each episode is approximately 10 - 15 minutes long so you can listen while commuting.
It’s targeted to Engineers and Project Managers.  

In previous episodes we have covered: Introduction to Electric Actuators vs. Pneumatic Cylinders, Industry Direction, Cost of Ownership, Unexpected Downtime, The Many Advantages of Electrical Actuators, Linear Motors Made Simple, Frequent Maintenance, and Pneumatic Cylinders and the Environment. 

If you are concerned about the Environment, like many, you might want to factor this into your choice of technologies.
 Pneumatic Cylinders have been around for a long time and will continue to be used in various applications and there are applications better suited to a Pneumatic Cylinder; however, more and more applications are being solved with Electric Actuators especially Electric Tubular Actuators.  

Environmental concerns are just another reason to seriously consider Electric Tubular Actuators.

Because maintenance can be a significant portion in the cost of ownership, it’s important to consider the cost of maintenance in any purchase. 

This episode looks at Frequent Maintenance between different technologies.

Our guest is John Davis, President of Paul Davis Automation.

John’s varied professional experience gives him unique insight into not only the sales and marketing aspects of technical products, but into the engineering and manufacturing processes as well. John has been a Brand Planner, an electrical engineer specializing in PCB design, a software engineer specializing in Linux systems, and is now in a technical sales role as the President of Paul Davis Automation. On the personal front, John is a husband and father for the best family in the world, a part time farmer, and a “not current but will be again someday” instrument rated private pilot.

This Podcast series, focuses on the various subjects and topics, to help you choose the right Industrial Automation Solution for your application.  
It’s targeted to Engineers and Project Managers.  

When we think of motors it is usually a traditional rotary motor with a rotor and stator that have been around for about 200 years.  But there are also Linear Motors and Linear Tubular Motors.  Linear Motors have been coming into their own over the past 30 years.

This episode looks at Linear Motors Made Simple.  

Our Guest is Mike Korkowski, Applications Engineer at LinMot.  

Mike is an IEEE member, ASQ member and Motion Control Application Engineer/Training Manager.  He has done full turnkey electrical control design packages and capital project management with various O.E.M.'s. for over 30 years. 
His Specialties include: Product and Sales Rep. training. Metalworking and Packaging/Material Handling Equipment Control systems.  Equipment manuals and other documentation including technical writing.  He is also a former ISO 9001:2008 Management Representative.

This Podcast series, focuses on the various subjects and topics, to help you choose the right Industrial Automation Solution for your application.  
Each episode is approximately 10 - 15 minutes long so you can listen while commuting.
It’s targeted to Engineers and Project Managers.  

Electric Actuators are being used in more and more Industrial Automation Applications for a variety of reasons.
In previous episodes we have covered Introduction to Electric Actuators vs. Pneumatic Cylinders, Industry Direction, Cost of Ownership, and Unexpected Downtime.
This episode explores the many advantages of using Electric Actuators.

Dave Brownson, Engineering Manager for Forpak, a division of MultiSource Manufacturing is our guest. 
Dave has been in the food industry, specializing in pre-packaging for more than thirty years.  His experience is primarily between the cooling process and packaging equipment in organizing, sorting, inspecting, stacking, and singulating product.  In addition, he has worked with many large food producers across the country and world, providing solutions to automate these processes in the protein, baking, and pizza markets.

This Podcast series, focuses on the various subjects and topics, to help you choose the right Industrial Automation Solution for your application.  
Each episode is approximately 10 - 15 minutes long so you can listen while commuting.
It’s targeted to Engineers and Project Managers.