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Anonymous08/31/26, 19:49No.3006504Linear vertical actuators
>Want to buy an linear actuator for diy project with seemingly high criteria
>find Moteck MD21 which sounds perfect for my project and it's only around 200 dollars for everything
>but it does have 10% duty cycle so it doesn't fit
>try to find something with high duty cycle
>pretty much only industrial actuators met this cryteria
>Find festo 5428891 which doesn't have as good parameters while it's much bigger
>it's 500 dollars for the actuator and 2500 dollars for the motor because they are separate
What the fuck, there really aren't any cheap actuators from china that can work all the time? Or at least 50% of the time? I only need one and it doesn't need to be anything amazing.
What will happen If I will use 100% time an actuator that designed for 10% duty, the motor will simply overheat and burn?
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Anon09/01/26, 03:03No.3006542
What are you doing with a linear actuator that needs to run full duty? Sounds like a better application for pneumatics or hydraulics.
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Anon09/01/26, 03:54No.3006548
how much the dildo weigh?
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Anon09/01/26, 05:10No.3006553
Put cooling on the 10% autofucker.
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Anon09/02/26, 00:45No.3006635
>What will happen If I will use 100% time an actuator that designed for 10% duty, the motor will simply overheat and burn?Usually the thermal cutout trips, and you have to wait a while for it to reset.
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Anon09/02/26, 08:29No.3006664
gates opening kit sounds like a cheaper solution, it might be just too slow. You need to find the brushless one.
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Anon09/05/26, 13:00No.3007069
sounds like you want either A) a custom actuator; or B) a heavy-duty, purpose-built piece.
if you had half a brain, you'd look for the cheapest unit that fits as much of your criteria as possible and then design your whatever around that, rather than pipe-dreaming some magical widget and then looking for the mythical lost doodad that makes it work.
you basically only have a handful of ways forward:
>shell out the big bucks
Seems like we can cross that one off.
>roll your own
It's just a motor and a gearbox twisting a leadscrew. Figure it out. Motors cost money no matter what, so it's probably not practical.
>re-do your design to make what you can get at the price you're willing to pay work with it
This would be the obvious choice for someone who isn't a brain dead retard.
>abandon ship and go suck dicks for a living because you're an idiot and that's all you're good forThere's really no other option. Those four things encompass all the available possibilities. Anybody with half a brain can look at it and come to these conclusions, which makes it all the more striking that you haven't. There's really no discussion necessary.
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Anon09/07/26, 06:20No.3007280
What does 10% duty cycle on a motor even mean? That you can only run it 144 minutes per day? Or 6 seconds per minute?
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Anon09/11/26, 03:55No.3007790
Here you go. Has remote control
and a phone app even. Need more power? Scale this sucker up.
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Anon09/11/26, 04:12No.3007791
So, long story short, I asked AI and it recommended two of thesehttps://www.vevor.com/linear-actuators-c_11633/vevor-12v-linear-actuator-12-inch-ip65-waterproof-linear-actuator-675lbs-3000n-0-2-s-motion-actuators-with-mounting-bracket-for-outdoor-use-p_010437949174?adp=gmc&utm_source=chatgpt.com
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Anon09/11/26, 04:13No.3007792
According to AI most commercial desk systems use two synchronized actuators.
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Anon09/11/26, 04:18No.3007794
Also according to AI you might be able to diy a$50–100 homemade dual-leg actuator system using a junkyard starter motor, chain/belt drive and two Acme screws, but at 50% duty cycle the motor, bushings, etc could get quite hot, o…? 50%
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Anon09/11/26, 04:44No.3007797
Isn't this against the rules?