The KDRV-1-MK is KOMP-ACT's electronic controller for its KLA series of electric linear actuators. It is a plug-and-play unit programmed through a Windows- or browser-based end-user interface, and it can drive two actuators independently on different strokes and forward/back transfer times.

What changes when a linear axis goes electric instead of pneumatic?

A pneumatic cylinder holds one stroke and one speed until a technician re-plumbs it, and it leaks air the whole time it runs. The KDRV-1-MK reprograms stroke, speed and transfer time in software, and its algorithm auto-compensates for external factors so performance stays constant over the actuator's life — the reason a packaging line swaps cylinder banks for electric axes when changeover time starts eating into output.

• Programs two actuators independently on stroke and transfer time
• USB plug-and-play, Windows and browser interface
• Auto-calculated motion profile for maximum efficiency

Against a pneumatic cylinder bank, the KDRV-1-MK and a KLA actuator cost more up front but repay it in changeover flexibility and the compressed air they stop wasting.