Catalogue - Airpel Pneumatic Counterbalance - Airpot

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Shock absorber, Cylinder, Damper, Vibration damper, Pneumatic actuator

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While most pens are sized about the same, the variety of Airpels is mostly limited by imagination.

Photos to scale.

ave money and energy with the airpel Pneumatic CounterBalance.

Airpel Model E16D24N

They do not heat up or materially change under conditions of rapid and/or continuous cycling.

In addition to the Airpel, Airpot manufactures instrument-quality, precision air dashpots, snubbers, pneumatic actuators, and Airpel-AB air bearing actuators. Airpot welcomes custom requirements and will work with you to adapt products to suit individual application needs. Value added sub-assembly services are also a specialty.

Airpot Corporation is a trusted supplier to many of the world's most prestigious original equipment manufacturers.

7ould you like to know more? For detailed specifications and information on all of our motion control precision instruments, visit airpot.com.

A Problem Solved.

USES IN:

Metrology & testing equipment

CMM probe head drive counterbalancing

XYZ gantry applications

Precise tensioning systems

High throughput assembly equipment

TECH INFO:

Extreme low or high velocity capability

Operating pressure range <.2 psi to 100 psi

Output force range .093 to 701 lbs

Friction 1% -2% of load

Temperature -67°F to 302°F

Stroke up to 1 meter

Graphite piston/borosilicate glass inner cylinder

No lubrication

Positioning sensor capable

chanical counterbalance devices ften add undesirable friction to

vertical positioning systems. Airpel® Anti-Stiction® cylinders from Airpot Corporation solve this problem utilizing a common pneumatic cylinder outer construction with a revolutionary internal design that nearly eliminates friction allowing precise control of the counter-force needed to eliminate the effect of driver mass.

Extremely low-friction counterbalancing allows the use of smaller linear motors and drive mechanisms thus lowering the cost of the units.

Another benefit derived from the Airpel unit is increased safety, since the Airpel can prevent a crash in a power-off situation. Airpel cylinders are available in strokes up to 1 meter, customized specifically for counterbalancing

DEPEND ON AIRPEL FOR:

> Increased performance of vertically actuated systems

> Lower-cost precision and reliability

> Low-friction operation response sensitivity < 0.2 psi

> Power-off safety for electrically elevated loads

and counterforce applications.

Extreme Benefits. Airpel Anti-Stiction air cylinders are

built using a graphite-piston/ borosilicate-glass cylinder combination in which each piston is selectively matched to fit the cylinder with extremely close clearances. They have unparalleled low friction, responding to forces as low as only a few grams and pressures less than 0.2 psi. Starting and running friction are almost identical, preventing jerky, uncontrolled starts and providing uniform smoothness throughout the full stroke of the device. Airpel cylinders are unaffected by extreme temperature variations, run clean and do not contaminate surrounding components. No seals are required, and there are no liquids or lubricants to leak. Materials used are self-lubricating and capable of exceedingly high cycle rates.

There you'll find catalogs and 3-D CAD files of all our models. Or feel free to call our technical staff for application assistance and ordering information at 800-848-7681 or 203-846-2021.

Or e-mail us: englneering@airpot.com and request catalog acc-02m.

Airpel Division, Airpot Corporation, 35 Lois Street, Norwalk, Connecticut 06851.

Airpot — where we make what you make run smoother.

The Airpel is right at home in equipment as varied as the bench top gaging unit above, and the coordinate measuring machine, at right.

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The Anti-Stiction® M- A

Air Cylinder.

Airpel Pneumatic Counterbalance - Airpot - #1

Shock absorber, Cylinder, Damper, Vibration damper, Pneumatic actuator