Actuators and Cylinders

NEW!
Donald Engineering is proud to announce its latest partnership with Compact Automation serving most of Michigan.

Compact Automation acquired Clippard’s cylinder product lines in August 2022. In the acquisition Donald Engineering was given the opportunity to become a full Compact Automation line distributor. This gives Donald Engineering access to a wide array of NEW quality tools to solve unique customer problems and provide the BEST solutions for YOU!

As a result of the acquisition, both personnel and equipment have moved to Compact Automation, ensuring the continuation of the product knowledge, quality, and tradition. The cylinders are an excellent choice for manufacturers and engineers who need reliable and efficient solutions.

In addition to the cylinders, here are a few other products that will be available:

Linear

• Space Saving Compact (Pancake) Inch & Metric Cylinders
• Round Line Cylinders (Clippard) - manufactured to the highest standards of quality and reliability in a small, durable, and configurable package.
• Clean Room - Space efficient duty, short rod bearing and thin piston design, available as single or double rod end
• Customs
• Accessories

Rotary

• Comp-Act Series - promise long term performance
• Turn-Act Series - produces rotary motion with ZERO Backlash, 100% repeatability and continuous full torque.
• Multi-Act Series - produces both linear and rotary motions.

Slides

• Ball Slides - All models feature our signature compact space efficiency
• Guided Rod Cylinders - combine high strength, lightweight extruded bodies and the rigid support of composite or roller ball bearings with enersorb piston to provide an unparalleled guided cylinder product.
• Guided Pneumatic Cylinders - outperform conventional non-rotating cylinders and is designed for short stroke, limited space applications where a cylinder is needed that guides and supports its own load.

Workholding

• Magnetic Grippers - great for picking up ferromagnetic materials such as iron or steel in applications where other types of grippers and vacuum cups are currently being utilized.
• Angular Grippers - represents the lowest cost design.
• Parallel Grippers - represent a highly versatile and flexible design.
• Twist Cylinder - linear motion compact cylinders with an internal cam that provides 90 deg swing motion.
• Collect Closers - used worldwide in the metalworking industry for their high accuracy and high output gripping of tools and work pieces.

Custom

• Clamp and Press Applications – hollow rod to accept tooling
• Custom Pneumatic Cylinder - ideal as a pedestal lift for moving silicon wafers in and out of a process chamber within a clean-room environment.
• Custom Guided Cylinder - perfect for high-speed conveyor sorting applications requiring 6 msec cycle times with high moment loads
• Custom Slides - Ideal for high speed and extreme impact load applications
• Low Friction Material - Perfect for extended life applications which require the ultimate in space, weight and friction efficiency.
• Oversized Rod and Special Bushings - Used to lift heavy off-set loads
• Plastic Body Cylinder - Suitable for use in wash down applications

Electric

• Screw Jacks - combination of a screw with a gearbox
• Linear Actuators - electro-mechanical cylinders in which a round stem moves inside a second tube, of either steel or aluminum
• Linear Actuators with Gearbox - combine the sleeve and stem system of the F/A Series linear actuators with the gearbox of the screw jacks, thus obtaining the most interesting features of both types of product.
• Linear tables – translating units, applicable to practically any precise positioning problem

Donald Engineering proudly carries a wide variety of reliable and high performing pneumatic actuators and cylinders for your industrial automation needs. We'll work with you to assess your specific application requirements and then help you to select and configure the right products from our trusted vendor partners.

From high-pressure and heavy-duty to compact and custom, we'll equip with you with cylinders that help you get the most out of your pneumatic system and lower your total cost of ownership. We offer solutions for virtually any actuator motion and carry products built for the toughest and most demanding environments.