Designed for use in a broad range of applications including those in washdown and caustic environments, these quality cylinders are constructed of durable 303 and 304 stainless steel. They include a Nitrile rod wiper to keep potential contaminants from penetrating inside the cylinder, and are available with bore sizes from 3/4 in. to 2 in. […]
Cylinders
Keys to specifying pneumatic cylinders
by Jerry Walling, Marketing and Business Development, Fabco-Air Inc. Learn how to choose the perfect actuator for your next compressed air system. Air cylinders are the workhorses of many automation applications. They’re offered in a variety of industry standards—and they come in an assortment of shapes, sizes and types, not to mention with numerous optional […]
PHD releases 2 OEM-targeted drop-in replacement actuators
PHD, Inc. revolutionized pneumatic actuators with the innovative Tom Thumb® Cylinder over 55 years ago. Today, PHD is setting the standard in industrial automation actuators with Optimax®, a product line that broadens PHD’s range of product offerings and provides machine builders and end users with more choices. Built on the foundation of long-life products for […]
Bimba expands portfolio of switches
Bimba Manufacturing, an industry-leading innovator of actuation technology, today announced the introduction of a completely new Solid-State switch series to its family of switch products. These new switches add additional benefits such as a smaller operating window, smaller hysteresis, and tighter repeatability all as a result of a new, innovative and intelligent sensing algorithm that […]
Miniaturization makes pneumatics the choice in medical applications
From ambulance to operating room, recovery room to discharge at home, patients today encounter any number of medical devices that must be lightweight, small, safe, and often, portable. To maintain these safe, hygienic designs, most medical device manufacturers rely on pneumatics because they are highly customizable and compact. As the demands for these types of […]
IoT is the next big game-changer in pneumatics
If there is one topic that causes great concern in every industry, it’s downtime. Unplanned downtime of a machine can cost thousands of dollars depending on how long it stays down. In most electrical systems, and some hydraulic ones, diagnostic systems and sensors have been available to alert system operators that a critical component is […]
3 days shipping for pneumatic and hydraulic NFPA cylinders
In recent months, AVENTICS Corporation relocated production of NFPA steel cylinders back to Lexington, Kentucky where the manufacturing of them dates back to 1964. With full production capability achieved, the NFPA cylinders are now joining the Quick Ship focused delivery program. The program provides shipping in three business days for the most common NFPA cylinder […]
Pneumatics give Cedar Point’s Power Tower riders a choice to free fall or skyrocket 240 ft.
Sending riders skyrocketing up 240 ft or dropping them in a free-fall the same distance was a challenge that only pneumatics could solve for ride designers of Cedar Point’s Power Tower. For the third installment in Design World’s Summer Tech Vacation video series, Editorial Director Paul Heney speaks with Monty Jasper, Corporate Vice President for […]
Pilot-operated check valves for cylinder position holding
Cylinder applications must consider what happens to the application’s safety function with the loss of air pressure. Pilot Operated Check Valves, otherwise known as PO Checks, are used wherever a high-flow or remotely-controlled checking function is needed to provide cylinders to automatically stop in the event of the loss of electrical power or system air. […]
Stainless-steel pneumatic cylinders
SRG stainless-steel pneumatic cylinders from Parker Hannifin Corp. are ideal for caustic, corrosive environments all the way up to laboratory facilities. The SRG series is available in five bore sizes ranging ¾ to 2 ½ in., with four possible mounting styles—nose, pivot, flange, and foot. They are rated for operating pressures to 250 psig (17 […]