Motors for Missile Fin Control Actuation Systems

Challenge

Missile Fin Actuators

Missile Fin Actuation Systems: Precision in Motion Control

Achieving precise guidance and stability is essential in missile fin actuation systems, which control the missile's flight path. High-performance miniature motors drive actuators that accurately adjust the fins and canards, enhancing maneuverability to evade countermeasures or intercept moving targets.

Proven Solutions for Fin Actuation Systems

Missile fin actuation systems face unique challenges, requiring motors that are optimized for size, weight, and power (SWaP) while being rugged enough to endure extreme environmental conditions, including wide temperature ranges, heavy vibrations, and shocks. Portescap offers a diverse range of motor technologies, including BLDC slotted, BLDC slotless, BLDC flat, and brush DC motors, all designed to meet stringent MIL-STD-810 environmental constraints while delivering peak performance. Gearheads and encoders can be integrated to enhance output torque capability and ensure precise feedback.

Collaboration is Key for Mission Success

Our engineers know that a one-size-fits-all approach is ineffective; that's why we approach each project with a collaborative, engineer-to-engineer strategy that allows us to tailor our motion solutions to your specific application requirements. From prototype to production, whether COTS or customized, our engineers will work with you to ensure that performance and cost requirements are balanced and maximum performance is achieved.

Benefits

  • Exceptional dynamic performance (torque over speed range)
  • Power dense designs (compact and lightweight)
  • Operating temperature -55°C to 155°C
  • Designed to operate in critical environments (shock, vibration, humidity)
  • MIL-STD-810 compliant design
  • Low EMI/EMC
  • Long shelf life

Customization Options

  • Winding customization to meet exact application torque & speed
  • Custon interface features for modular designs, including geared output shaft
  • Support design, integration and validation
  • MIL-STD-810 compliant design, testing on request
  • Capabilities to support 'blank sheet' solutions
  • Magnetic or inductive encoder feedback options with accuracy of < 1.5 degrees; resolution up to 1024 PPR
  • High-torque planetary gearheads options, with ratios from 5.4 to > 1000