What are the benefits of using an air/oil intensifier?

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Many industrial applications can benefit from hydraulic caliper disc brakes, especially those requiring clamping or high-force movements. If your only source of power is compressed air, what would you do? If a hydraulic pressure system is not available or if the hydraulic intensifier is too low, an air/oil intensifier can convert low pressure into high pressure.

This means you can specify hydraulic caliper disc brakes for applications in which there is no hydraulic system pressure source. An air/oil intensifier, also known as an air-to-oil booster, is a device that can produce the same amount of force from standard shop air, which is typically 80-100 psi.

How an Air/Oil Intensifier Works

Unlike conventional hydraulic pressure systems, air-to-oil systems pressurize a small amount of hydraulic fluid as needed by the cylinder to carry out specified operations, not continuously, but at the necessary time. This requires a small amount of oil. Under static hydraulic pressure or during rapid cycling, the booster enables the cylinder to generate and hold high pressure for a prolonged period of time without causing any heat build-up, either in the cylinder or in the circuit.

It is worth mentioning that air/oil intensifiers serve another purpose as well. Compressed air is an excellent driver for applications that require low power, but if you need smoother control over speed or positioning, or you need a greater sense of synchronization than you would get from pneumatics, you can use compressed air. In order to achieve this, you need to use higher pressure, which usually requires hydraulics. An air/oil intensifier solves this conundrum by providing you with the best of both worlds. Compressed air provides ongoing power, while the oil booster provides greater control and synchronization.

Why Use an Air/Oil Intensifier?

A compact, reliable, cost-efficient, and highly reliable hydraulic system provides you with the ability to control speed and positioning more precisely. High-pressure hydraulic oil is always at the ready when you need it.

By using an air-to-oil booster, the direction control of the brake cylinder is improved with air valves and an air pressure regulator valve instead of hydraulic valves, which reduces operating costs without sacrificing reliability.

There is no need to accommodate larger pump-and-tank systems that are typically associated with hydraulics because the booster can produce high pressure very quickly. As a result, the cylinder can be designed to be very compact.

Despite the fact that air/oil intensifiers can be used to drive multiple cylinders simultaneously, they are usually paired with only one cylinder. Sequencing is also possible, but you will need more than one intensifier to do this.

So, the next time you have to convert low pressure to high pressure in your industrial application, think about using an air/oil intensifier rather than a hydraulic system for converting low pressure to high pressure.

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