I am looking for a design to build an Electric Piston with a 3 inch stork?

Question

I am looking for a design for a Electric Piston with a 3inch stork. This is going to be used for an electric door lock.

Elaine M.......... I can be E-mailed at [e-mail]

Thank You,
Grdy

Answer 1

Do a search on solenoid. That's what you want to build and not an electric piston.

Answer 2

You mean a 3 inch stroke and I would look for a solenoid for that.
And for an electric door lock, less than a half inch throw will work fine. These things are NOT cheap, but you could build one yourself, winding your own coil around a fiberglass tube and a fitting round iron shaft.

Answer 3

double acting solenoid pushes and pulls piston into and out of slot to lock and unlock. see website under Source(s) below for more.