Airpot Corp.

United States

Airpot Corp. manufactures four basic families of pneumatic actuators, Airpel Anti-Stiction cylinders, Airpel Plus, Airpel-AB air bearing cylinders, and Airpot Self- Aligning Actuators. All employ our unique combination of a borosilicate glass cylinder and either a graphite or specially shaped stainless steel piston and have outstanding performance properties with respect to friction, cleanliness, and temperature range. The major differences are in the level of friction, actuation direction capabilities, outer construction, mounting features, and dimensions.

Airpot position sensor magnet and track products offer position sensing configurations for Airpel® cylinders. If you need electrical output of piston position, Airpot Corporation offers an easy-to-install, secure, and reliable solution.

Airpot Corp’s piston and cylinder kits make great building blocks for engineers who have need for customized mechanical or pneumatic devices. The kits feature Airpot’s borosilicate glass cylinder and graphite piston material technology which allows the use of extremely tight tolerances to achieve a high precision fit and control of leak while offering a seal-less, self -lubricating pneumatic or light-load bearing device. Each piston and cylinder set is individually matched for optimal performance. The ultra low friction pistons will respond to single gram forces and low pressures of less than 0.2 psi. Stiction is virtually eliminated, meaning nearly identical starting and running friction, and providing movement that is uniformly smooth and consistent from the start and throughout the device’s full stroke cycle.

Airpot’s pneumatic damping products are specifically designed to provide unparalleled damping and energy dissipation accuracy by eliminating friction from their working elements. The materials used have built-in lubricity, high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent stability under temperaturehumidity extremes, close coefficients of thermal expansion, and non-deteriorating performance due to age or non-use. The basic parts are a graphitized carbon piston, precision ground to millionths of an inch TIR inside an annealed, borosilicate glass cylinder with a precision fire-polished bore.