Comments on: How can you achieve cylinder flow reduction?

By: Kiron Pande

Kiron Pande — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:06:38 +0000

Would a “spring return” type cylinder require higher pressure for forward stroke to overcome the spring pressure than a double acting cylinder?

By: Cesar

Cesar — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:32:52 +0000

One solution to cut air comsumption is provided by SMC wiht Flow regulators with Pressure control included to control pressure (ASR) for on the return stroke and (ASQ) flow control in-out combined quick exhaust valve to exhaust the counterpressure making possible a fast return at reduced pressure. https://smc-static-resources-prd.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/products/videos/ASQ_en_EU.mp4

By: Cesar

Cesar — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:20:29 +0000

Single acting cilinders are more expensive,
3 way valves became expensive too because they are servoactuated,
Single acting actuators are less reliable on long strokes ( over 75 mm)
All this made the market to move to double acting actuators but the air comsumption became almost twice of the single acting ones.