Oil Cooling and Lubrication

Consult Exlar to discuss your application if you plan to use oil cooling with your GSX actuator.

All actuators to be used with oil cooling should have XL in the model mask.

Exlar GSX actuators are delivered as standard with high performance lithium grease.  This provides for capability to provide thousands of hours of service between re-lubrication periods in most applications.

Some applications into which GSX actuators are deployed involve high speed and high cycle rate with high acceleration, high force or a combination.  To provide cooling of the motor within the GSX actuator, to allow for operation at the elevated current levels needed to perform these applications, GSX actuators can be configured to be used with recirculated oil lubrication.  The oil lubrication runs requires only low flow rates and low pressures to provide significant additional cooling.

There are several application and actuator configuration details that are involved in using a GSX with oil cooling, and any application that will use oil cooling must be discussed with Exlar Application Engineering so that the correct actuator options can be selected, and the details of the application reviewed.  Amongst the application details to be reviewed will be the motion data, actuator orientation, starting and stopping position of the actuator rod, mounting style, environmental considerations, and seal life expectations, etc.  Exlar will work with you to combine the right actuator, configured with the correct options to best suit the needs of the application.

A second advantage of using recirculating oil can exist in applications that may not require oil for cooling.  This advantage is that of ease of maintenance.  When incorporating a recirculating oil system, you  can easily change the system oil without accessing or dismounting the actuator.  This can save valuable production time.  And, based on the ability to monitor oil condition, possibly extend the usable life of a product by keeping the lubrication clean and fresh.

Exlar Application Engineering can assist you in the development of your own oil system, or suggest pre-packaged oil circulation systems.