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Solligence™ Actuators

Solligence™  Actuators

Solligence™ Actuators

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Overview: The Solligence™ Fast Rotary Actuator by Johnson Electric is designed to enhance efficiency in industrial applications by reducing energy consumption and improving performance. It is a bistable actuator that requires power only to change positions, minimizing heat generation and allowing for faster continuous-duty operation.
Specifications: The actuator operates with low voltage and current requirements, averaging less than 1.2 A, which reduces installation and energy costs. It features integral on-board energy storage, creating an 'electronic spring' for power failure scenarios. The actuator supports actuation times as low as 5 ms and sortation speeds up to 800 f/m (4 m/s) with a customizable stroke between 15° and 30°.
Integrated Drive and AI Capabilities: The integrated drive package includes an AI-capable microprocessor, solenoid drive circuit, and customizable I/O channels. This integration reduces installation labor and maintenance requirements. AI algorithms enable predictive maintenance, reducing bounce and extending product life by monitoring motion duration and adjusting the drive profile.
Performance and Durability: The actuator is designed for a service life of over 50 million cycles, with full-position awareness ensuring consistent operation. It is maintenance-free, permanently lubricated, and pre-programmed with auto-calibration for easy installation. The motion is virtually noise-free due to electronically controlled soft cycling.
Applications: Specifically designed for shoe sortation equipment, the actuator addresses challenges such as heat, high energy use, and payload bounces, enhancing throughput and efficiency. It accepts a single 24 VDC digital input to control position, responding to voltage edge transitions.
Electrical Connections: The actuator features a 10-pin connector with customizable digital inputs and outputs. Key connections include power ground, fault output, actuator position outputs, and input drive signal.
Customization and Support: Johnson Electric offers comprehensive design and manufacturing resources for customizations, including alternative shafts, mounting features, and special configurations. The company provides fast prototype turnarounds and custom models to meet specific performance and cost objectives.
Conclusion: With over 80 years of innovation, Johnson Electric leads in motion subsystems, offering technological leadership and application expertise. The Solligence Fast Rotary Actuator exemplifies their commitment to providing efficient, reliable, and customizable motion solutions.
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Fast Rotary Speed. Accuracy. Confidence. Integrated Drive Solenoid for Divert Applications in Shoe Sortation Equipment Although shoe sorters have dominated the warehouse automation industry for decades, increasing their performance has posed significant challenges. The Solligence fast rotary actuator is designed specifically to overcome these long-standing obstacles. Smart integrated drive electronics deliver superior divert motion speed while eliminating issues with heat, high energy use, payload bounces and more — increasing throughput and efficiency while enhancing the bottom lines of integrators and end users. Cost Reduction From Day One The integrated drive package includes on-board energy storage, an artificial intelligence (AI)-capable microprocessor, solenoid drive circuit, and multiple customizable input/output (I/O) channels. In addition to enabling performance enhancements, this powerful combination reduces installation labor and maintenance requirements for the life of the actuator. Flexible, Lightning-fast Performance in a Compact Design The Solligence fast rotary actuator delivers actuation times as low as 5 ms. This industry-leading performance enables sortation speeds of up to 800 f/m (4 m/s), with a customizable stroke between 15° and 30°. Accepting a single 24 VDC digital input to control position, this bistable unit responds to edge transitions in the input voltage. A rising edge (from 0 to 24 VDC) moves the actuator to position A, and the falling edge on the same input (24 VDC back to 0) causes the actuator to move to position B. Eliminates Thermal Challenges While Saving Energy Because Solligence is a bistable actuator, power is only required to change positions; home or divert positions can be maintained without it. This significantly reduces heat generation, allowing faster continuous-duty operation. The unit’s low voltage and current requirements (averaging less than 1.2 A under standard operation) reduce installation and energy costs, enabling narrower-gauge wire and smaller, less expensive power supplies to be used. Integral on-board energy storage allows power to be slowly “sipped” from the main bus during the entire cycle, actuating the solenoid with bursts of power to generate high velocity as needed. The integrated drive unit eliminates the needs for an external solenoid driver, control box, and assembly labor. In addition, the unit’s integral energy storage effectively creates an “electronic spring” that can return it to a home position if power fails. Downtime Prevention With Smart Performance and Monitoring AI algorithms enable predictive maintenance and ensure consistent performance. They significantly reduce bounce, extending the life of the product by continuously monitoring changes in motion duration, adjusting the drive profile as needed to continue meeting specifications. The unit also triggers an alert when it detects wear, preventing costly unpl

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Long Service Life: 50M+ Cycles Solligence fast rotary actuators generate minimal impact energy when activated, enabling a service life rating of 50 million cycles or more — longer than the expected life of most modern sortation equipment. Full-position awareness allows motion time to be tracked and adjusted by the control, ensuring consistency over the life of the product. Maintenance-free and Easy Installation Fast rotary units are permanently lubricated, requiring neither adjustment nor maintenance for their entire lifecycle. Actuators come fully pre-programmed with auto-calibration enabled,...

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Electrical Connections Pin 1: Power ground (5A max) Pin 2: Not used Pin 3: Fault output (24VDC), active high Pin 4: Actuator in CW position output (24 VDC), active high, 10MA max Pin 5: Actuator in CCW position output (24 VDC), active high, 10mA max Pin 6: Power 24V (+_5%) input (5A max) Pin 7: Not used Pin 8: Input for handedness, RH=24VDC, LH=0VDC Pin 9: Input drive signal (24VDC), 10mA minimum Pin 10: Digital I/O Ground Mating Connector: Molex - Terminal (0039000039) and Housing (0039012100) COMPLETE SOLUTIONS FROM ONE DOMESTIC PARTNER Our Ohio-based engineering team has the largest portfolio...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.