Segmented spindle

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The principle behind the Segmented Spindle technology was conceived by the Danish mechanical engineer Jens Joerren Soerensen during the mid 1990s.

The basic idea was that if a solid conventional spindle is broken up in smaller segments (in a way so it can be assembled and disassembed), it is possible to make compact spindles. The implication is that linear electromechanical actuators (the product is often just called a linear actuator) based on the Segmented Spindle technology can be made more compact as the spindle segments can be packed in a layer perpendicular to the linear movement of the spindle.