Pneumatic cylinders are used for drive tasks. But drive tasks cannot always be carried out using a standard cylinder. Especially for complex drive tasks with demanding, individual requirements, special pneumatic cylinders are often needed.
With a selection of products from Festo such as tandem cylinders, high-force cylinders or multi-position cylinders, you will always find the right product for every drive task.
A standard pneumatic cylinder consists of many components (e.g. piston, piston rod, cylinder barrel) that are designed and produced right from the start for a wide range of applications and possible uses. Pneumatic cylinders can, for example, be double-acting or single-acting or can also have different types of end-position cushioning.
But why do you need different designs of pneumatic cylinders? Special pneumatic cylinders are used when the requirements for the shape or size of a cylinder for a drive are very special. It is therefore the shape or size of a special cylinder that usually differs from that of a standard cylinder. A few deviations are enough to turn a standard pneumatic cylinder into a special pneumatic cylinder.
Many tandem designs use magnetic pistons, so position sensing is the obvious add-on. Add cylinder sensors as pneumatic actuator limit switches: these cylinder end position sensors (frequently used as limit switches for pneumatic cylinders) detect the piston magnet—typically via a reed switch for pneumatic cylinder—to confirm each stroke end. They are reliable pneumatic cylinder end-of-stroke sensors and a proven cylinder limit switch solution.