Plug & Work: without additional encapsulation
For harsh production environments, mini cylinders, slider type actuators, rotary drives and grippers are also available in dust- and water-protected design.
While pneumatic actuators are only safe enough after extensive encapsulation, IP-protected actuators from IAI can be used without any further construction measures. There is no risk of leakage here.
In addition to the insensitivity to water and dust and the uncomplicated installation, the significantly longer service life compared to pneumatics is also a positive factor in harsh environmental conditions.
Available as slider and rod type, the RCP4W linear actuators feature a newly designed frame cover, bottom seal, mounting bracket and slide/rod guide and are protected against water from cleaning systems. This enables the realisation of protection class IP65 with purge air pressure supply to the inside (IP54 without air pressure supply).
With an axis stroke of 100 ~ 700 mm of the splash-proof linear units, speeds of max. 530 mm/s can be achieved. The positioning accuracy is ± 0.02 mm for an approved load of max. 20 kg (depending on the model). The stepper motor allows any number of programmable positions with the high-performance RCON or PCON controllers via field network interfaces.
IP-protected electrical linear drives have specific properties that make them particularly interesting for medical technology, workpiece processing and packaging systems. From a hygienic point of view, the components used here may only have a very low risk of contamination and must be easy to clean.
The linear drives can be adjusted to an accuracy of a hundredth of a millimetre. For example, they perform exact positioning of flaps and slides, lock roller doors or move tilting devices, lowering windows and scissor lift tables.
IP67 & IP65 Actuators and SCARA robots
Dusty production environments
In many production environments, such as when processing bulk materials, powders or granulates or when grinding or milling, the air is heavily contaminated with particles that can also accumulate in actuators and impair their functionality.
For use in such difficult and often confined environments, there are dust-protected actuators with protection class IP30 to IP54.