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Air Springs

Air Springs
Product Description

Air Actuation Products for Linear Motion Control


Compact Automation Air Springs are highly durable, precisely engineered and cost-effective for use in a wide variety of actuation and vibration isolation applications. With time-tested designs incorporating natural rubber flex-member construction and corrosion-protected end retainers, Compact Automation Air Springs provide superior quality and performance. As actuators, Compact Automation  Air Springs can provide either linear or angular motion.

These air springs offer a favorable stroke-to-compressed-height ratio when compared to air cylinders, and they can accept a wide variety of actuation media such as air, water, nitrogen or anti-freeze. As isolators, Compact Automation Air Springs are effective in reducing the harmful effects of vibration. They can simultaneously isolate vibration and regulate load height as well as allow for consistent vibration isolation under varying loads.

Compact Automation offers a variety of air spring types to meet your actuation or isolation needs. The Single, Double and Triple Convolute Bellows, Rolling Lobe and Sleeve Types are available in a wide range of sizes, with the end retainer style required to suit your specific installation.

 

Datasheets

Specifications

Model S
Specific Properties

  • Sleeve-type Rolling lobe type

  • Elastomer bellows permanently press-fitted to the connecting parts by metal crimp rings

  • Plastic connecting parts for smaller models

  • CR-elastomer

  • SZ air actuators require a minimum pressure

  • Version 4 including M30 x 1.5 nut

  • Version 2 and 3 with brass bolt

​Model C Series

Specific Properties

  • Crimped bead plate connecting parts, permanently connected to the reinforced bead of the elastomer bellows via a forming process

  • Standard design uses NR elastomer

  • Also available in special types: ECO, CR, Niro and HP

Model R series

Specific Properties

  • Bead ring connecting parts can be disassembled

  • Standard design uses NR elastomer

  • Also available in special types: ECO, CR, Niro and HP

Materials of Construction

Natural Rubber (NR)

Good all-round properties make natural rubber the ideal material for standard actuators.

  • Standard material for the model series C and R

  • High dynamic capability

  • Elasticity

  • Tensile strength

  • Resistance to tear propagation

  • Resistance to abrasive wear

Chloroprene Rubber (CR)

Chloroprene rubber boasts good resistance to environmental influences (weather, ozone, UV, aging)

  • Standard material for the model series S, also available as a special version for the model series C and R

  • Broader temperature range than NR

  • Flame-retardant

  • Limited resistance to mineral oils

Epichlorohydrin (ECO)

Epichlorohydrin rubber is suitable for high-temperature applications.

  • Available as a special version for the model series C, D and R

  • Resistant to mineral oils and fuels

  • Very high sustained heat resistance

Applications

Presses
  • Bin-tilting devices
  • Palletizers, label applicators in packaging equipment
  • Amusement park rides
  • Clutch and brake systems

Scissor Lifts

  • Injection or ejection of parts in manufacturing equipment
  • Vertical lift force for platforms and rotating tables
  • Conveyor or transfer systems
  • Rotary shaft actuators
Compressors
  • Vibratory conveyors
  • Large drying machines
  • Centrifugal separators
  • Coordinate measuring tables and machinery
  • Commercial laundry machines
Electronic Equipment
  • Textile looms
  • Conveyor loading points

Air Springs

Air Springs

Product Description

Air Actuation Products for Linear Motion Control


Compact Automation Air Springs are highly durable, precisely engineered and cost-effective for use in a wide variety of actuation and vibration isolation applications. With time-tested designs incorporating natural rubber flex-member construction and corrosion-protected end retainers, Compact Automation Air Springs provide superior quality and performance. As actuators, Compact Automation  Air Springs can provide either linear or angular motion.

These air springs offer a favorable stroke-to-compressed-height ratio when compared to air cylinders, and they can accept a wide variety of actuation media such as air, water, nitrogen or anti-freeze. As isolators, Compact Automation Air Springs are effective in reducing the harmful effects of vibration. They can simultaneously isolate vibration and regulate load height as well as allow for consistent vibration isolation under varying loads.

Compact Automation offers a variety of air spring types to meet your actuation or isolation needs. The Single, Double and Triple Convolute Bellows, Rolling Lobe and Sleeve Types are available in a wide range of sizes, with the end retainer style required to suit your specific installation.

 

Datasheets
Specifications

Model S
Specific Properties

  • Sleeve-type Rolling lobe type

  • Elastomer bellows permanently press-fitted to the connecting parts by metal crimp rings

  • Plastic connecting parts for smaller models

  • CR-elastomer

  • SZ air actuators require a minimum pressure

  • Version 4 including M30 x 1.5 nut

  • Version 2 and 3 with brass bolt

​Model C Series

Specific Properties

  • Crimped bead plate connecting parts, permanently connected to the reinforced bead of the elastomer bellows via a forming process

  • Standard design uses NR elastomer

  • Also available in special types: ECO, CR, Niro and HP

Model R series

Specific Properties

  • Bead ring connecting parts can be disassembled

  • Standard design uses NR elastomer

  • Also available in special types: ECO, CR, Niro and HP

Materials of Construction
Natural Rubber (NR)

Good all-round properties make natural rubber the ideal material for standard actuators.

  • Standard material for the model series C and R

  • High dynamic capability

  • Elasticity

  • Tensile strength

  • Resistance to tear propagation

  • Resistance to abrasive wear

Chloroprene Rubber (CR)

Chloroprene rubber boasts good resistance to environmental influences (weather, ozone, UV, aging)

  • Standard material for the model series S, also available as a special version for the model series C and R

  • Broader temperature range than NR

  • Flame-retardant

  • Limited resistance to mineral oils

Epichlorohydrin (ECO)

Epichlorohydrin rubber is suitable for high-temperature applications.

  • Available as a special version for the model series C, D and R

  • Resistant to mineral oils and fuels

  • Very high sustained heat resistance

Applications
Presses
  • Bin-tilting devices
  • Palletizers, label applicators in packaging equipment
  • Amusement park rides
  • Clutch and brake systems

Scissor Lifts

  • Injection or ejection of parts in manufacturing equipment
  • Vertical lift force for platforms and rotating tables
  • Conveyor or transfer systems
  • Rotary shaft actuators
Compressors
  • Vibratory conveyors
  • Large drying machines
  • Centrifugal separators
  • Coordinate measuring tables and machinery
  • Commercial laundry machines
Electronic Equipment
  • Textile looms
  • Conveyor loading points


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