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SMAC Inc. introduces a highly innovative range of ‘Electric Cylinders’ designed to directly replace conventional pneumatic cylinders & devices… |
Carlsbad, California: SMAC Inc is pleased to announce the introduction of its new CA range of electric cylinders. Starting with 25mm & 35mm diameter actuators the range will consist of cylinders from 8mm diameter up to 100mm diameter with stroke lengths of up to 100mm. They have been designed to accept a wide variety of mounting options that include ISO, DIN, VDMA, CETOP, JFPA & NFPA standards & dimensions. This enables the direct replacement of existing pneumatic cylinders and retro-fitting without any machine modifications being required. The electric cylinders are manufactured from high grade stainless steel with a minimum wall thickness of 1.5mm making them extremely robust against when compared against traditional thin walled pneumatic cylinders. They also incorporate non-rotating piston rods as standard. They have a protection rating of IP54 with IP65 & IP67 available upon request. They also have full CE approval & certification. These features make them ideal for converting conventional pneumatic applications to electric where an exceptionally high degree of speed, cycle life, precision and accuracy is critical. Due to the innovative design and construction cylinder acceleration of up to 40G’s can be achieved and they have been designed to offer a life expectancy of circa 100 million+ cycles as a minimum. The actuators based on proprietary SMAC moving coil actuator (MCA) technology which is covered by multiple patent applications. They are offered with a choice of encoder resolutions from 5 micron down to 5 nannometer to satisfy a variety of industrial, scientific, motion control & QC / measuring applications. As with all SMAC actuators the cylinders have the unique ability to enable free and independent control of velocity, position and force simultaneously. Further to this the SMAC patented ‘Softland’ function is incorporated to allow delicate & controlled force when landing on fragile components. The cylinders also give 100% data feedback of all operations as standard. Due to these unique features no external switches or sensors are required to detect cylinder movement or position. This enables a radical reduction of any external wiring and significantly reduces cost. The electric cylinders also have a low power consumption of 1.8 amps & 24volts making them highly energy efficient and when compared against old pneumatic technology extremely quiet. The SMAC electric cylinders achieve this highly impressive performance through the use of specially designed internal components and high performance, in-house designed electronics. This includes the new SMAC LDC (Low Deformation Coil) Technology™ which significantly improves performance and reliability. High quality linear guides are used to deliver exceptionally high life expectancy, precision and accuracy. The electric cylinders are ideal for very demanding applications such as packaging, bottling, labelling, filling, parts handling, measuring & QC testing to name but a few.
SMAC Inc is the world leader in Moving Coil Actuators and associated control systems. Headquartered in Carlsbad, California USA with subsidiaries throughout Europe, Asia & Japan.
Courtesy of SMAC
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