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Multi-Power Cylinders

The Multi-Power® Cylinder has multiple pistons attached to a common rod with internal air passages thus allowing much higher forces without having to use a bulky, larger bore cylinder or high-pressure hydraulics. Multi-Power® Cylinders come in ten bore sizes with a choice of 2, 3, or 4 stages (pistons).

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    00:00:01 let us introduce Fabco Air's multi-power principle here we show a two-stage multi-power cylinder and a standard directional control valve shop air is directed through the directional control valve to the power inport of the multi-power cylinder to the first piston through the air slots and Center shaft and out through the second

    00:00:25 piston this internal air flow to the multiple Pistons which can be two three or four in quantity is unique to Fabco Air's multi-power cylinder the cylinder extends forcing air out through the return airport and the directional control valve the power air on these multiple Pistons then produces two three or four times the force of a conventional single piston cylinder of

    00:00:51 the same boore size and it produces that Force for the full stroke or wherever you need it when the directional control valve is reversed the shop Air Supply is introduced to the single return piston most cylinder applications do not require High forces in both directions allowing for the cylinder to be returned with this single piston previously

    00:01:18 supplied Power air is exhausted from the multiple Pistons through the center shaft and out through the directional control valve Fabco air adapts this unique multi-power principle to cylinders in 10 boore sizes with two three or four Pistons to produce forces from a few pounds to 22 tons multi-power cylinders save in

    00:01:45 multiple ways including mounting space Savings of 44 to 75% and air volume requirement Savings of 22 to 37% we have shown you a cylinder with primary push Force should you require primary pull Force the Pistons and baffles are simply reversed at assembly the cylinder now has multiple pistons and high force in the pole

    00:02:12 direction as shown here by Machining ports in the baffles air can be applied to multiple return Pistons as well as the multiple push Pistons thus providing High force in both directions when required when multi-power cylinder are used in applications such as punching or shearing High inertia and impact forces are often encountered to capture these

    00:02:38 potentially destructive forces Fabco air offers a hydraulic shock and speed control option oil from an air oil tank is used for the return medium this oil passes through a resistance such as a flow control which provides speed control of the cylinder when the material shears and And the cylinder tries to complete its stroke

    00:03:02 the non-compressible oil resists rapid movement providing shock and speed control apply Fabco Air's multi-power cylinders for multiple savings