A 'Plug and Play' PEC cylinder, having an integral control valve, allows up to 30% to be saved on the costs of installing traditional pneumatic cylinder control circuits.
ASCO Joucomatic's new 'Plug and Play' PEC cylinder allows up to 30% to be saved on the costs of installing traditional pneumatic cylinder control circuits. The PEC integrates its own control valve, flow controls and end-stroke sensors, and offers the OEM the time and space saving convenience of single points for both pneumatic and electrical (M12) connections. The 'Plug-and Play' PEC cylinder is the ideal OEM product, meeting all the demands of modern machine design for size, weight and cost reductions.

The fully integrated design provides for much faster and simpler installation as external components such as valves flow controls and their associated fittings do have to be accommodated.

This reduction in system components means that both pipework and electrical wiring, and their attendant cost is reduced.

It also provides benefits in that fewer components mean fewer things to go wrong, less chance of system leaks and a reduced requirement in the number of spare parts required.

The integrated design of the PEC cylinders is both functional and sturdy.

In terms of functionality the design not only reduces size, but also offers the designer cleaner lines, industry standard mounting facilities and compact, flush mounting positional detectors.

The new detectors have integral mountings enabling them to fit right into the cylinders dovetail grooves.

This contributes to overall space saving and provides the facility to mount two detectors on the same side of a cylinder for end of stroke position detection.

Despite integrating many innovative features in their compact design, the PEC cylinders nevertheless retain compatibility with ISO 6431, VDMA 24562 and NF E 49 003-1 standards.

As a result, they are totally interchangeable in mounting with conventional pneumatic cylinders, enabling the user to reduce stock levels by employing one range of mountings for all cylinder needs.

The many benefits of the Plug-and-Play PEC actuators mean that they are ideally suited to assembly, packaging, handling and robotics applications, among many others.

The range covers bore sizes from 40mm to 63mm, and strokes from 5mm to 400mm.