SMC Pneumatics

SMC Pneumatics

SMC is the world's largest manufacturer of pneumatic automation products.

 

sgSMC has the widest range of products, engineered to meet applications in every sector of the market. From Semiconductor to Automotive, Medical to Petroleum, SMC's products are designed to fit your unique requirements.

Product & Supply

SMC currently offers over 11,300 basic products with over 560,000 variations. Continuous investment in production and supply chain improvements ensure that these products are available to you when you need them.

The SMC Now! program is an important part of this supply chain system. The program identifies product series and options that are commonly used in the local market. These products are then made available through aggressive local inventory of base components which can be quickly accessorized to offer a broad range of finished product options. Increased local production capabilities ensure that additional products and options as well as sudden increases in demand are quickly manufactured and shipped. Overall, this gives SMC the ability to offer and supply the most comprehensive product range available in North America.

SMC’s Global Engineering Network

SMC is recognized as the global technology leader in the pneumatic industry. The staff at SMC has over 1000 engineers located in the technical centers of Japan, the US and Europe that provide local support to customers throughout local sales groups. The local engineers are available to answer detailed technical questions, design customer specific specials and even develop new products and technologies. SMC believes their local presence is critical to our customer-focused product development process.

Actuators & Air Cylinders

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Actuator and air cylinder designs from SMC offer innovative pneumatic cylinder design features for the automation industry. Engineers trust SMC actuators to provide long life, and reliable service. SMC products are specified in all major industrial markets. SMC actuators are created to provide you with the largest array of choices.

Air Cylinder Features

Our standard air cylinder features include:

  • a wide range of bore sizes, with 16 'inch' bore sizes and 18 'metric' bore sizes
  • multiple mounting configurations and
  • auto switch capability as a standard on most series.

SMC products are designed for precision performance and reliability. Our global production facilities provide product availability from all industrialized countries around the world. Pneumatic and electric actuator products from SMC are available in a wide variety of styles, including linear, guided, rodless air cylinders, rotary, gripper, and specialty air cylinders. Whether pneumatic or electric actuators, each series comes with a full complement of standard options and related products.

Airline Equipment

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Pressure Regulators, Filters, Filter Regulator Units, and Pressure Sensors with Energy Efficient Designs

SMC's airline equipment provides unsurpassed sensing, regulation and filtration performance for your pneumatic system. With our large range of pneumatic preparation products, we can provide the clean dry air necessary to achieve the peak performance required by your fluid power system. Our connectors simplify the plumbing of all your components. SMC's innovative one-touch and uni-thread one touch fitting technology provides dramatic time savings during the installation of both air fittings and pneumatic flow controls. We offer many variations and sizes to suit any application. Tubing is made in several sizes and packaged in a variety of lengths.

Connectors

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Pneumatic Tube Fittings, One Touch Tube Fittings, Air Cylinder Speed Controls, PTFE Fittings and Tubing

The SMC connector line includes inch and metric one touch fittings, fitting manifolds, and pneumatic tubing available in multiple colors, sizes, and materials:

  • Comprehensive line of inch or metric sized fittings, speed controllers, and tubing
  • Includes clean room options and a broad set of specialized fitting and pneumatic tubing options
  • Integrates one-touch fitting technology in both pneumatic fittings and speed controls
  • Provides stainless steel fitting and brass fitting options
  • Improves energy consumption, by providing lower pressure return stroke options
  • Air cylinder speed control is critical to the longevity of your machine operation

SMC is your single source option for all of your pneumatic fitting, tubing, and air cylinder speed control needs.

Vacuum

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Vacuum Generators, Vacuum Suction Cups, Vacuum Sensor Switches, and Vacuum Regulators from SMC

SMC vacuum products offer comprehensive options for vacuum applications. Compact, lightweight air vacuum generators are available in a wide range of sizes and performance ranges.

Vacuum regulator units, vacuum cups, vacuum buffers, vacuum sensor switches, fittings and vacuum instrumentation solutions allow the broadest utilization of technology and performance to meet your design specifications. Most options are modular allowing you to add only those that are relevant to your application. SMC vacuum cups are available in many different materials, sizes and shapes, and include options like stroke buffers to ensure that a perfect fit is made for each application. The diverse performance characteristics of SMC vacuum products allow utilization in a wide array of applications from manufacturing, packaging, assembly, to material handling. Precision combined with performance and a full line of accessories offers a comprehensive engineering solution to meet your specific need.

Air Dryers

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Air Dryers

Compressed air contains moisture (water vapor, droplets), oil, debris and other foreign matter. Filters and mist separators can be used to remove droplets, oil, debris and so on, but a dryer is necessary to remove water vapor.

SMC air dryers are insurance for down stream components, and in the long run, allow for sustainable performance/production for an end customer.