The Role Of Rodless Cylinder
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Rodless Cylinder provides machine builders with an effective, fast and simple solution for Z-axis automation in vacuum pick and place Advantages Simple controls, automatic height compensation and fewer working parts make robots a go-to for precision gripping in the automation industry.
Rodless cylinders offer many benefits, especially in high-speed applications. Rodless cylinders are used to provide vertical positional motion of vacuum cups, commonly referred to as z-axis travel. They can often replace pneumatic and electric cylinders and use the existing vacuum source from the cup to power the cylinder. Vacuum cylinders react quickly. The cylinder has a large stroke, but if the cup seals against the product at any point during the piston stroke, it will retract immediately, resulting in cylinder cycle times of fractions of a second.
Each component of a vacuum system should be sized so that it can handle the appropriate flow. If one part of the system restricts flow, it affects everything downstream from that point. One weak link can have a significant impact. Pipes or hoses should be selected to have a rated flow equal to or greater than the rated flow of the pump. Note that when vacuum lines or components are connected in parallel, the flows can be added together.
