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Electric Linear Motion
Rodless screw and belt drive actuators, rod style screw and belt drive actuators, brushless servo motors and controls
  
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Pitch
PLC
PWM
  
Pitch
Number of revolutions required by a leadscrew to move the nut or carrier one inch, expressed in revs/per inch
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PLC
(Programmable logic controller) A digital electronic device that uses to store instructions and to implement functions such as logic sequencing, timing and counting in order to control machines and processes.
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PWM
Pulse Width Modulation is a method of controlling current in the windings of a motor by on-off switching of transistors to vary the duty cycle.
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