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Compact Air Cylinders Manufacturers and Suppliers

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  • Stone Mountain, GA

    TSI Solutions produces air cylinders, stainless steel air cylinders, rodless cylinders and a variety of other cylinders. We provide custom-designed air cylinders, quick delivery and a company-wide commitment to quality. Contact us for your cylinder needs today!

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  • St. Clair Shores, MI

    At Yates Industries, Inc., we specialize in manufacturing high-performance air cylinders designed to meet the rigorous demands of industrial applications. Our cylinders are built for durability, precision, and reliability, ensuring optimal performance in even the most challenging environments. With a commitment to quality, we engineer each cylinder to deliver smooth operation and long-lasting efficiency.

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  • Norwood, MA

    As an automation products provider of several name brand machine vision systems, our pattern recognition technologies such as ID readers, encoders, panel meters and smart sensors are systems you have come to rely upon. Our world class products increase productivity with critical measuring devices.

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  • Plymouth, MI

    DADCO is the leader in nitrogen gas spring technology, offering a complete line of nitrogen gas springs, nitrogen gas spring lifters, ISO air cylinders, hydraulic core pins and accessories. DADCO's products are widely approved and used in global stamping operations for many industries including metal stamping, automotive and plastic injection molding.

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Compact Air Cylinders

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Applications for Compact Cylinders

Compact cylinders are precision pneumatic actuators built to maximize productivity within a limited amount of space. Like all air cylinders, these mechanisms utilize pressure differentials in order to convert compressed air energy into mechanical energy.

This energy is put to work in a number of industrial and commercial applications:

  • Automotive
  • Building
  • Construction
  • Food Processing and Packaging
  • Metal Working
  • Mining
  • Construction
  • Textile
  • Forestry

Types of Compact Cylinders

These industries all utilize compact cylinders as actuators for valves, lift gates, hoists, machines, jacks, motors, doors and equipment components. Because these mechanisms use only compressed air to open, close, push, pull and lift variable loads, they provide an economic and environmentally friendly solution to many mechanical operations.

Compact or “Short Stroke” Cylinders
Compact cylinders provide even further benefits as they are often as much as 60% smaller than comparable traditional alternatives and are therefore easily integrated into pre-existing workspaces or areas where space is at a premium. The significantly smaller size corresponds to the stroke of the cylinder. Stroke is a measure of the difference in length between fully extended and fully retracted piston positions. Smaller strokes also result in increased speed and efficiency as the pistons travel a shorter distance. As this is such an influential measure, compact actuators are sometimes referred to as “short stroke cylinders.”
Traditional Cylinders
While many compact cylinder models use traditional single acting and double acting cylinder designs, the majority are rodless cylinders. While traditional compacts are just miniaturized, rodless designs reduce size without decreasing capabilities by simply eliminating the need for room to fully extend the piston rod beyond the length of the shaft.
Rack, Pinion, and Cable Compact Cylinders
Rack and pinion or cable cylinders are among the most common types of compact actuators. Both types have circular or rectangular cylinders with an air valve, for inlet and exhaust, located at one or both ends. In a rack and pinion system, this shaft houses two pistons.
A toothed rack and pinion are located between these pistons. When air is introduced into either end of the closed cylinder, the corresponding piston pushes the rack in the opposite direction. The pinion rolls along the rack creating rotation. This movement is transferred from the pinion to a connected shaft that protrudes from the shaft and connects to the tooling or load.
Four piston rack and pinion cylinders are available and function in the same manner but are cube shaped. Alternatively, cable cylinders operate with a pulley system.
A cable is connected to the central piston and extends out one end of the shaft where it winds around two or more pulleys before circling around through the other end cap. A carriage, to which the intended load is attached, is located in a fixed position on the exterior portion of the cable. Compressed air forced into the cylinder moves the piston which in turn rotates the cable. As capabilities differ significantly, it is important to carefully compare compact cylinder capabilities to the requirements of a specific application.


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