Artec H Guide Unit – robust linear guidance for pneumatic cylinders

The Artec H guide unit is a high-quality guidance system designed to provide maximum stability and precise linear motion in combination with pneumatic cylinders. This guide unit is ideal for applications where side loads and bending moments occur, such as in automated machinery and industrial equipment.

Thanks to its robust design with parallel guide rods and high-quality plain bearings or recirculating ball bearings, the H guide unit offers excellent rigidity and long service life, even under higher loads. The Artec H guide unit can be easily combined with Artec pneumatic cylinders, creating a complete and reliable linear actuation solution perfectly suited to your application.

With its modular construction, the H guide unit is easy to integrate into existing installations and is available in various sizes and configurations to match different cylinder bores and strokes. — Artec H guide units deliver precision, stability and durable performance in linear pneumatic systems.

Pneumatically operated NC brake

The piston rod brake is a pneumatically operated normally closed brake for ISO 6431 and ISO 15552 cylinders.

The clamping force of the brake is always greater than the cylinder force on which it is mounted when operated at 10 bar. When the brake is closed, the cylinder cannot move. This provides an additional level of safety: in the event of an unintended pressure loss, the cylinder will not move.

These brakes are intended for static clamping. The piston rod must be at rest before clamping. Because of the immense forces the brake applies to the rod, the rod must be made at minimum of hardened Ck45 steel with a 25-micron hard chrome layer. The chrome layer must have a hardness of at least 900 HV and an f7 tolerance. A lower quality rod — including standard stainless steel grades — will develop indentations where the rod is clamped by the brake.