servo

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And an extra servo is added to this new version to rotate the sensor left or right.

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  1. noun A servomechanism.
  2. noun A servomotor.

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  • A Thirder, brimming with empathy, catches at his arm; Cather pulls away savagely, spins into a burly Fourther, stammers his pardon, grabs a passing servo, yells one unheard-of command to it, and nearly has his arm jerked from its socket as the servo responds to the urgency in his voice and drags him, streaking, downwell. —  FSFDec2003
  • Therefore, the different types of injectors existing so far were: servo-solenoid unbalanced valve (first Common Rail type introduced in the market); servo-solenoid balanced valve —  Automotive Headlines
  • This in turns allows for shorter hydraulic circuits and smaller moving masses, providing speed of needle actuation in Delphi's servo-solenoid balanced valve design, equivalent to unbalanced servo-piezo systems. —  Automotive Headlines
  • This means that there are no significant differences in performance between Delphi's balanced valve servo-solenoid and competitors 'unbalanced servo-piezo systems-making Delphi's Multec servo solenoid injector the best value solution in the market today, offering equivalent performance to more expensive servo-piezo technologies. —  Automotive Headlines
  • The concept eliminates the servo-hydraulic circuit that other common rail injectors use. —  Automotive Headlines
 

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