Stories

A topper lift system is what is used to extend a truck cap up into the air. It uses linear actuators to allow for the top of the lift to be raised up as far as is necessary. A truck topper lift can be used for anything from turning your truck into a camper van, to making more room for equipment and supplies, or even just to make things easier when opening the back door to remove things. This article focuses on the basics behind a truck topper ...

As real estate prices increase, businesses constantly look for innovative ways to densify their space. Whether it be using automated checkout counters or online check-in, automation is a key driving force for conserving space and time. The mobile barbershop business is no different. Anthony Martin, the owner of BarberDasher Club, started his unique mobile barbershop business in Vancouver about a year ago. Looking to combine that classic barber...

Each year, we receive stories of creative innovations using our actuator products and the year 2018 saw some interesting inventions such as the hidden table lift project in Japanese style, the flight simulator, and the Barbershop success story. Lucky for us it didn’t stop there and 2018 ended on a positive note for our customer in Seattle. Volunteers from Seattle’s top architecture firms, Gelotte Hommas Drivdahl (GHD) Architecture, and Master ...

Linear actuators have totally revolutionized the way things move around us. This invention of modern technology has allowed automated mechanization to replace manual work in performing routine, motional operations. By transforming pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric energy into linear displacement, actuators are perfect for automating any object. Their universality of these components has found ideas virtually in all aspects of life – from agric...

Linear actuators have been used in several ways, in different industries, and for various applications. Today, they are being used to transform a home to a smart home, giving homeowners the ability to control items in the house such as windows, doors, TV cabinets and much more, with the aim to make things simple and easy. We at Progressive Automations recently received a beautiful project of a towable Tiny Home by New York Based startup, Cubis...

Linear actuators are being popularly used across different industries and for various applications. Innovators are finding different ways to automate their daily work and sometimes we are also surprised by the use of our products in different applications. Over the years we have received information from our customers on applications they’ve built using our actuators, from a DIY Planetarium projector to a Flight simulator. We’re always pleasa...