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News Release from: Hoerbiger-Origa | Subject: Long-Stroke Cylinder
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 April 2008
41m cylinders handle materials handling
duties
Control of the actuating force and operating speed is readily achieved by simple adjustments to the air supply.
Extreme stroke rodless cylinders have been developed by Hoerbiger Origa, based on the company's standard OSP range The Long-Stroke Cylinders can be up to 41m long and will typically be used in materials handling duties and as transfer mechanisms for transporting items from one work station, machine or assembly line to another
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 Mar 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Long-Stroke Cylinders are available in 40, 50, 63 and 80mm diameters options and use the same barrel extrusion as other OSP units.
Similarly, they use the same components and can be fitted with the optional extras, including end stops, brakes and displacement measuring system.
They provide all the advantages of the conventional OSP actuators, such as the same driving power in each direction, minimum space requirement, high load capability and maximum action force with optimum rigidity.
Control of the actuating force and operating speed is readily achieved by simple adjustments to the air supply.
"The Long-Stroke Cylinders are an absolutely seamless extension to the OSP range, the world's best selling rodless actuator", says Ray Barnes, Managing Director of Hoerbiger Origa UK in Gloucester.
"This is in keeping with the company's philosophy of keeping all products completely modular and interchangeable so that systems design and build in the field is as efficient as possible".
It is not practical to produce barrel extrusions of such great lengths as are required for the Long-Stroke Cylinders, so Research and Development Engineers at Hoerbiger Origa developed joining technology that enables the actuator to be modular in length.
While theoretically, any length of stroke is possible, the maximum stroke length possible for the exhaustive tests necessary for the development was limited by the available 45m length at the companies R and D facility situated near Stuttgart in Germany.
In recent years there have been an increasing number of requests for extreme stroke cylinders, with companies that want to integrate two or more processes which are separated by significant distances. Request a free brochure from Hoerbiger-Origa ...
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