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Heated cylinder handles sub-zero applications

A KV product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 11, 2003

The latest addition to the KV Ultraline series of rodless cylinders is a novel heated cylinder that can operate effectively at temperatures as low as -40C.

The latest addition to the KV Ultraline series of rodless cylinders is a novel heated cylinder that can operate effectively at temperatures as low as -40C.

Designed primarily for use within the railway industry, where extremes of temperature can cause pneumatic cylinders to leak, and thus cause failures to pneumatic door systems, KV's novel approach has been to integrate a heater element into the cylinder body itself, thus maintaining the ambient temperature around the cylinder at +5C.

Having undergone trials in some of the harshest winter conditions, the new heated cylinder has proven reliable at temperatures as low as -40C.

The cylinder requires only a standard voltage input and the unique heater design is self regulating, therefore drawing only the current it requires to maintain its temperature.

"This design places KV in a very enviable position", advises Andrew Hough, KV's Project Director, "with the opportunity for new applications to utilise cost effective pneumatics within sub-zero applications".

Available in a variety of sizes with 40, 50 and 63mm bores and up to 6m stroke lengths, and requiring a supply voltage of 110V AC or 220V AC, the new addition to KV's Ultraline cylinder range is set to offer customers unrivalled opportunities.

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