General conditions for pneumatic circuits
- it is necessary to observe appropriate safety rules, instructions, recommendation and specifi ed parameters (temperature, pressure etc.), during setting in operation
- areas, which are pressurized even after closing of main air supply, should be specially marked in pneumatic circuits
- it is necessary to make allowance to product failure, eventually danger situations due to wrong operation, age or failure
- we reccomend to mark with special sign whole pneumatic circuits, where the high caution during service is necessary
- we do not reccomend to weld by electric arc on machinery, where pneumatic cylinders are mounted
- end users must take sufficient preventive steps to prevent injuries on material and health of employees
Conditions of use and running of pneumatic cylinders
- disassembly of single acting cylinders must be done very canny, because inside spring in mounted with preload
- working medium is modifi ed compressed air
- we reccomend to use our pneumatic oil for air lubricating, or some oil listed on recommended oil list, for renewing of lifetime grease use grease SAP-FML2A
- using of other than recommended oils leads to damage of O-rings and gaskets built-in not only in cylinders, but also in other components in pneumatic circuit
- if the piston rod speed if lower than 1 ms-1 the compressed air needn‘t to be lubricated; if piston rod speed is higher, we recommend to lubricate air by lubricator and pneumatic oil (see above); we also recommend to lubricate air, when dew point of compressed air is lower than -20°C
- special surface treatment, or material change (stainless steel) or using dust covers are possible options for hard conditions and aggressive surrounding
- other special designs or material exchange, gaskets exchange etc. are possible after consultation with our technical dept.
- it is necessaty to observe correct mounting of cylinders and correct guiding of piston rod without radial forces (insted of versions which allows radial forces e.g. guide unit H)
- we recommend to use hydraulic shock absorbers, when heavy mass and high piston rod speed may occur - the machinery lifetime will be dramatically extended
Stroke tolerance of pneumatic cylinders
Stroke of cylinder may be bigger by tolerance accordingly to DIN ISO 6431, DIN ISO 6432 and VDMA 24562. The value of tolerance is due to production tolerances and depend on diameter and stroke as follows:
Standard | Piston diameter [mm] | Stroke [mm] | Allowable tolerance [mm] |
DIN ISO 6432 | 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25 | 0 to 500 | +1,5 |
DIN ISO 6431 VDMA 24562 NF E 49003.1 |
32, 40, 50 | 0 to 500 | +2,0 |
501 to 1250* | +3,2** | ||
63, 80, 100 | 0 to 500 | +2,5 | |
501 to 1250* | +4,0** | ||
125, 160, 200, 250, 320 | 0 to 500 | +4 | |
501 to 1250* | +5,0** |
Critical strength on piston rod (buckling length)
When stroke is big, there must be checked, if excedd of strength in buckling can‘t occur, even if cylinder should pass due to piston diameter. Fast check should be done by read the data in graph below:
For exact calculate, if crifitical force wasn‘t exceed use this formulae, FK must be higher than load to prevent piston rod damage::
FK = | Π2 . E . J | Where: | FK is critical force on piston rod [N] | |
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E is stress modulud 2,1*105 MPa | |||
l2 . k | J is quadratic cross section moment [mm4] | |||
l is critical length (=double stroke) [mm] | ||||
k is safety coefficient (about 4 in practice) |
Action force
Calculation of force on piston rod of pneumatic cylinder:
F = ( Sp (or Sz) . p ) - T | Where: | F is force on piston rod of pneumatic cylinder [N] Sp is piston area at thrust [mm2] Sz is piston area at retract [mm2] p is working pressure [MPa] T is friction force (about 10% inpractice) |
Piston diameter [mm] |
Working pressure [MPa] | |||||||||||
0,1 | 0,2 | 0,3 | 0,4 | 0,5 | 0,6 | 0,7 | 0,8 | 0,9 | 1,0 | 1,1 | 1,2 | |
8 | 4,5 | 9,0 | 13,6 | 18,1 | 22,6 | 27,1 | 31,7 | 36,2 | 40,7 | 45,2 | 49,8 | 54,3 |
10 | 7,1 | 14,1 | 21,2 | 28,3 | 35,3 | 42,4 | 49,5 | 56,5 | 63,6 | 70,7 | 77,8 | 84,8 |
12 | 10,2 | 20,4 | 30,5 | 40,7 | 50,9 | 61,1 | 71,2 | 81,4 | 91,6 | 102 | 112 | 122 |
16 | 18,1 | 36,2 | 54,3 | 72,4 | 90,5 | 109 | 127 | 145 | 163 | 181 | 199 | 217 |
20 | 28,3 | 56,5 | 84,8 | 113 | 141 | 170 | 198 | 226 | 254 | 283 | 311 | 339 |
25 | 44,2 | 88,4 | 133 | 177 | 221 | 265 | 309 | 353 | 398 | 442 | 486 | 530 |
32 | 72,4 | 145 | 217 | 290 | 362 | 434 | 507 | 579 | 651 | 724 | 796 | 869 |
40 | 113 | 226 | 339 | 452 | 565 | 679 | 792 | 905 | 1018 | 1131 | 1244 | 1357 |
50 | 177 | 353 | 530 | 707 | 884 | 1060 | 1237 | 1414 | 1590 | 1767 | 1944 | 2121 |
63 | 281 | 561 | 842 | 1122 | 1403 | 1683 | 1964 | 2244 | 2525 | 2805 | 3086 | 3367 |
80 | 452 | 905 | 1357 | 1810 | 2262 | 2714 | 3167 | 3619 | 4071 | 4524 | 4976 | 5429 |
100 | 707 | 1414 | 2121 | 2827 | 3534 | 4241 | 4948 | 5655 | 6362 | 7068 | 7775 | 8482 |
125 | 1104 | 2209 | 3313 | 4418 | 5522 | 6627 | 7731 | 8835 | 9940 | 11044 | 12149 | 13253 |
160 | 1810 | 3619 | 5429 | 7238 | 9048 | 10857 | 12667 | 14476 | 16286 | 18095 | 19905 | 21714 |
200 | 2827 | 5655 | 8482 | 11309 | 14137 | 16964 | 19791 | 22619 | 25446 | 28274 | 31101 | 33928 |
250 | 4418 | 8835 | 13253 | 17671 | 22089 | 26506 | 30924 | 35342 | 39760 | 44177 | 48595 | 53013 |
320 | 7238 | 14476 | 21714 | 28952 | 36190 | 43428 | 50666 | 57904 | 65142 | 72380 | 79618 | 86856 |