Smc Corporation

Smc Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsuyoshi Asaba

Makoto Yaegashi

Tsukasa Odaka

Kenichi Takeda

Ryosuke Sato

Tetsuya Ikari

Tadashi Igarashi

A pressure booster is equipped with a pair of cylinders provided on both sides of a center unit, pistons each disposed inside the pair of cylinders, and a piston rod connecting the pistons. Each of the cylinders has a drive chamber and a booster chamber partitioned by the piston therein, and wherein the pressure booster is further equipped with a switching valve that is switched by abutting on each of the pistons, and a reset valve disposed in a fluid passage connecting a supply port to one of the pair of drive chambers.

Pressure booster

Fluid pressure cylinder with solenoid valve

Fluid pressure cylinder

In a cylinder body of a fluid pressure cylinder, pistons are movably accommodated in respective cylinder holes, which are formed in a pair of main body portions. Further, a rod on which a magnet is installed is disposed movably in the axial direction in a connecting section that interconnects one of the main body portions and another of the main body portions. The rod and piston rods are connected to an end plate, whereby the rod is moved integrally with the end plate when the pistons are moved under the supply of a pressure fluid. Additionally, magnetism from the magnet is detected by a detection sensor mounted in the cylinder body, whereby the position of the pistons in the axial direction is detected.

Fluid pressure cylinder with plate

Clamping apparatus

A piston, which is provided in a cylinder tube, is connected to a pair of guide rods by the aid of a plate. The guide rods are arranged displaceably in the axial direction along guide holes of the cylinder tube. The displacement of the piston is guided by the guide rods. The guide holes are communicated with the outside via a tube connected to an air hole. The air is sucked into and discharged from the guide holes via the tube in accordance with the reciprocating motion of the piston.

Cylinder apparatus

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Abiko, Japan

Tsuyoshi Asaba