Designed to replace conventional pneumatic cylinders, ELECYLINDERS offer precise control, reduced cycle times, and enhanced reliability. With their direct control of acceleration and velocity, ELECYLINDERS ensure smoother, faster, and more accurate movements that pneumatic cylinders could never match. Whether in manufacturing, assembly, or any other form of automation, IAI’s ELECYLINDERS are the perfect fit for your applications.
IAI’s ELECYLINDERS vs Pneumatics
| Topic of Comparision | Basic Pneumatics | Advanced Pneumatics | IAI’s ELECYLINDERS |
| Motion Control | No control over motion parameters, leading to less precise operations. | Some basic control over motion parameters. | Can directly control the acceleration, velocity, and deceleration. |
| Precision | Position verification only at target positions with no velocity verification, leading to imprecision and inaccuracies. | Position verification along the stroke with velocity verification requiring advanced controls. | Significantly better position verification at 1 kHz and velocity 20 kHz, ensuring proper placement and stable movement. |
| Jerk and Impact | Sharp changes in acceleration (jerk) cause impacts at the start and end of strokes. | Softens jerk and impact, but not erased. | Jerk and impact can be smoothed out and nearly erased because of the direct control of the AVD. |
| Maximum Velocity | Low effective maximum velocity to avoid strong impacts. | Slightly higher maximum velocity due to impact softening. | Highest maximum velocity of 700mm/s with little/no impact at the end of the stroke. |
| Response Time to Start Signal | Slow | Slow | Extremely fast |
| Cycle Time | Longer cycle time due to delayed response time and lower velocities. | Slightly shorter cycle time. | Significantly shorter cycle time because of the quick response and higher velocities. |
| Time Efficiency | Longer cycles and short stoppages reduce the time efficiency of pneumatic cylinders. | Shorter cycles and higher precision mean more cycles can be done with fewer stoppages. | Fastest cycles and highest precision mean unparalleled time efficiency. |
| Energy Efficiency | Constant compression and leakage of air uses considerable amounts of energy. | Constant compression and leakage of air uses considerable amounts of energy. | Energy efficiency improves with operational frequency, reducing energy usage up to 85%. |
| Durability/Life Expectancy | Typically rated at 3,000 miles with no serviceable parts. | Typically rated at 3,000 miles with no serviceable parts. | Life expectancy of up to about 7,500 miles, plus maintenance warnings and easily replaceable parts. |
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