Innovative pneumatic cylinders are ultra-compact
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Asco Numatics product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Sep 8, 2000
Asco Joucomatic's new compact PEC cylinders are designed with innovative flat end caps and female piston rods which reduce their volume by a massive 65%, compared to an equivalent standard cylinder
Asco Joucomatic's new compact PEC cylinders meet all the demands of modern machine design for size, weight and cost reductions.
The PEC cylinders are designed with innovative flat end caps and female piston rods which reduce their volume by a massive 65%, compared to an equivalent standard cylinder.
This enables designers to produce smaller and therefore more economical machines and systems.
The new integrated design of the PEC cylinders is both functional and sturdy.
In terms of functionality the design not only reduces size, but also offers the designer cleaner lines, industry standard mounting facilities and compact, flush mounting positional detectors.
The cylinders are sturdy due to the fact that the front and rear ends are screwed into the profiled barrel.
They are also extremely reliable as their concept is based on ASCO Joucomatic's long experience in cylinder design and manufacturing.
In terms of endurance, PEC cylinders offer a long service life of 3000 km.
PEC compact cylinders are compatible with ISO 6431, VDMA 24562 NF E 49 003-1 and UNI 10290 standards.
This feature enables them to be equipped with the same mountings and accessories as for ISO 6431 cylinders; thus providing an effective way to reduce stock levels and costs (i.e one range of mountings for all cylinder needs).
Even with addition of positional detectors, PEC cylinders remain compact.
Asco Joucomatic's new detectors with integral mountings fit right into the cylinders dovetail grooves, enabling them to save space and still monitor position control.
In addition, due to their reduced size, two detectors can be mounted on the same side of a cylinder for end of stroke position detection.
The PEC cylinders are available in a wide range of bore sizes from 32mm to 100mm, and strokes from 5mm to 400mm.
Through-rod versions are available as a special option and these, in common with the standard cylinders, are suitable for operation at pressures up to 10bar, on air or neutral gas, filtered lubricated or dry.
The reduced size, light weight and reliability of the PEC cylinders means that they are perfectly suited to assembly, packaging, handling and robotics applications, among many others.
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