Pneumatic rotary drives from Festo enable rotary movements with a swivel angle of up to 270°. Both rotary vane drives and rack-and pinion drives typically achieve maximum precision while also offering excellent performance and great versatility. As a result, our pneumatic drives are used in factory automation across a wide range of industries.
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The impressive features of our compact rotary drives include installation in tight spaces, high permissible mass moments of inertia and the sensing option. Selected types are also available in a modular design with additional functions or are suitable for potentially explosive atmospheres in accordance with the ATEX directive.
Festo rotary vane cylinders are compact and affordable drives available in two series: the DRVS series consists of rotary drives that are optimised for swivelling and are especially lightweight and compact. The swivel angle is either fixed or can be adjusted with the help of optional accessories. The DSM series offers lots of optional functions, including especially powerful hydraulic cushioning for high energy. The swivel angles of the DSM rotary drives are infinitely adjustable over the entire swivel range and deliver high precision thanks to fixed metal stops.
If your unit includes a cylinder stroke or magnetic piston sensing, end-position feedback prevents timing drift. Use cylinder sensors as pneumatic actuator limit switches. These cylinder end position sensors, commonly used as limit switches for pneumatic cylinders, detect the piston magnet—typically via a reed switch for pneumatic cylinder—and deliver clear signals at each stop. They serve as pneumatic cylinder end-of-stroke sensors and a robust cylinder limit switch choice.