AirTAC MI Series Mini Cylinders

The AirTAC MI series features a stainless-steel barrel and piston rod with riveted and rolled construction. It is a double-acting round-body mini cylinder, not a tie-rod or extruded-profile design. The base MI uses fixed TPU bumper pads at both ends to decelerate the piston near stroke end. It is not an adjustable air cushion and does not hold position if air pressure is lost.

The bore range spans 8 to 40 mm across 8 sizes: 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 32 and 40. Rod diameter ranges from 4 mm on the 8 mm bore up to 16 mm on the 40 mm bore. Ports scale from M5x0.8 on bores 8-12, to 1/8 inch on bores 16-25, and 1/4 inch on bores 32-40. Standard max stroke is 150 mm for bore 8, 200 mm for bore 10, 250 mm for bore 12, and 500 mm for bores 16-40.

Force output scales with bore size. At 0.5 MPa, push force spans about 25 N on the 8 mm bore up to 628 N on the 40 mm bore. The theoretical max force at 1.0 MPa spans about 5 kgf to 128 kgf. Operating pressure is 0.15-1.0 MPa, proof pressure is 1.5 MPa, and the temperature range is -20 to +70 C. The series uses 40 um filtered air and operates at speeds of 30-800 mm/s. An -S magnet option supports CMSG, DMSG and EMSG sensors.

The MI series conforms to the ISO 6432 mounting standard for bores 8-25 only. Bores 32 and 40 are larger, non-ISO-6432 round-body sizes. Related variants include the MIC for adjustable air cushions (bores 16-40), MID for double rods, and MIJ for adjustable stroke. For single-acting push or pull needs, see the MSI and MTI series. For an aluminum-barrel alternative, see the MBL series.