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How can you achieve cylinder flow reduction?

January 8, 2021 By Paul Heney 2 Comments

Looking for ways to further reduce your compressed air demand?  Consider investigating air cylinder actuation. Often times, air cylinders in production machinery only require significant force during a single power stroke, but still use full line pressure to return the cylinder to resting position.  Let’s compare the air consumption for double acting versus a spring […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Air Preparation, Cylinders

Rodless cylinder solutions for compact pneumatic linear motion

December 18, 2020 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

Figure 2: This glue station application depicts how a traditional rodded cylinder (at left) creates a large overhang and requires a mechanical slide, while a rodless cylinder (at right) accomplishes the motion in a small footprint with no additional mechanism.

Designers requiring linear motion should consider rodless cylinders to realize compact packaging and other benefits for pneumatic actuation, without the cost of electrically-driven options. Contributed by Kevin Kakascik, Technical Marketing Engineer, AutomationDirect Machine and equipment automation projects — whether performed by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), a systems integrator (SI), or the capital projects group at […]

Filed Under: Cylinders, Equipment, Featured Tagged With: AutomationDirect

Compact cylinder reduces downtime, maintenance for building materials manufacturer

July 15, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Motion Industries SMC compact cylinders 1

A national building materials manufacturing company was needing to replace cylinders on a shingle palletizing machine three times per year. To make sure the shingles are straight and lined up, the side-pusher cylinders are activated as a set of shingles is added to a pallet. These cylinders had a male thread rod end that would […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Cylinders, Equipment Tagged With: motionindustries

Aluminum pneumatic cylinder boosts machine speeds and cuts downtime

July 8, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Emerson-Aventics-TM5_tierod aluminum pneumatic cylinder

Machine builders and their end-user manufacturers can increase machine speeds and reliability with the new AVENTICS TM5 TaskMaster aluminum cylinder from Emerson. The NFPA-compatible pneumatic cylinder reduces cost, energy consumption, equipment wear and downtime. With its rugged aluminum body construction and a steel piston rod, the TM5 TaskMaster features Emerson’s state-of-the-art pneumatic cushioning technology that […]

Filed Under: Cylinders, Equipment, Featured Tagged With: emerson

Pneumatic cylinders that talk back

March 5, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Pneumatic cylinders that use noncontact magnetostrictive sensors can track piston position along the entire length of travel.

Air cylinders and actuators are renowned for simplicity, economy and long-time durability in countless motion-control applications. The devices typically provide basic linear motion and perform faultlessly and unnoticed for years. Increasingly, however, many newer equipment designs and automation systems demand a lot of data — even from components like air cylinders — to operate precisely […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Cylinders, Equipment, Positioning sensors Tagged With: bimbamanufacturing

Rodless air cylinders for small or tight applications

January 16, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Automation Direct nitra rodless air cylinders 5x7

NITRA L-series rodless air cylinders from AutomationDirect offer a robust design in a compact package. Rodless cylinders can offer the same stroke as rodded cylinders in a smaller space. Rodless cylinders have the piston connected to a carriage that rides outside the extruded cylinder wall, reducing overall length, making them ideal for small or tight […]

Filed Under: Cylinders, Equipment Tagged With: AutomationDirect

Air bushings enable frictionless air cylinders

December 12, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

new way air bearings air bushings

New Way standard air bushings enable frictionless air cylinders. The O-rings in conventional hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders create significant friction. In measurements and test loading, that friction can be an issue. Instead of O-rings, the seal for the air bearings is the high-pressure air film generated by the bearing. So, with a 60 psi input […]

Filed Under: Cylinders, Equipment Tagged With: newwayairbearings

New Roundline non-repairable cylinders for light-duty, light-force needs

September 18, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

IMI Norgren Roundline non-repairable cylinders

Now there are more choices than ever of versatile IMI Norgren Roundline cylinders, round-body, non-repairable actuators for lighter duty, lower force applications. The introduction of the Roundline Plus Expanded Range adds seven new cylinder types to the existing line-up. Three-position (3R) cylinders provide three positive stroke positions with a single cylinder. Non-rotating (NR) double acting […]

Filed Under: Cylinders, Equipment, Featured Tagged With: iminorgren, imiprecisionengineering, Norgren

Festo features sanitary pneumatic design solutions at Pack Expo

August 29, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

MPA-C valve terminals are rated IP69K and can be mounted directly on a machine. These terminals are designed for cleanability.

At Pack Expo September 23 to 25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Festo will be showing pneumatic and electric products compliant with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) guidelines on safely processing, holding, and packaging food. Visit Festo at Pack Expo Booth LS-6349 to see these technologies in person. It is vital that compressed […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Air Preparation, Cylinders, Equipment, Regulators, Valves Tagged With: festo

Festo rolls out inch series pancake cylinders

May 31, 2019 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

Festo has announced availability and support for the new DPC family of inch series compact ‘pancake’ cylinders — high-force short-stroke cylinders designed for tight spaces. Two versions of these long-life cylinders are available – the DPCA for new machines and the DPCB for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) applications with ‘drop-in’ compatibility to other manufacturers. […]

Filed Under: Cylinders Tagged With: festo

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