Fluid Power

Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc.

William Leonard Clippard, Jr. founded Clippard Instrument Laboratory in 1941. The initial product line consisted of electrical test equipment, magnetic windings, and radio frequency coils. The first miniature fluid power devices designed and built by Clippard were for use in the manufacture of this equipment. In the early 1950's, Clippard introduced Minimatic® components as a new product line. The need for miniature pneumatics was widespread, and since no such products had been previously available, the Minimatic® line was successful enough to become Clippard's primary product line. Until his retirement in 1977, Leonard Clippard continued to be a pioneer in miniature pneumatics.

Today, the company is managed by William L. Clippard, III, president and Robert L. Clippard, vice-president. The company's growth continues today, maintaining its position as the industry's most complete supplier of quality, miniature pneumatic components. Clippard innovation has led to many industry "firsts," such as the establishment of the 10-32 thread as a port.

Products that Clippard first introduced to the industry include: fluidic amplifiers, unique plug-in air logic modules, and micro-based computer control air logic control systems. The complete Minimatic® line includes over 3,400 standard products. Some of the many products offered include valves, cylinders, fittings, modular components, push buttons, stainless steel cylinders, electronic manifold cards, circuit analysers, and pre-piped manifold sub-plates.

The latest additions to the Clippard product line include: the Block Flow Control Valve, the Double E-3 Valve, and Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel Cylinders. Special components design for customer's OEM applications are also available.

The high standards set by Leonard Clippard in company relationships with customers, distributors, suppliers, and employees continue to be upheld. The company motto, Quality People, Quality Products, reflects the important role every employee plays in maintaining the company's reputation.

Clippard are a manufacturer of pneumatic & electronic control devices, have been incorporated since 1946 and take pride in manufacturing high quality miniature pneumatic components with worldwide distribution. In addition to being a manufacturer of quality products, Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc. is proud to be a corporate partner in making their community a better place..

"We practice what we preach: Quality People, Quality Products."

Parker Hannifin

 

With annual sales exceeding US$6 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world’s leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. specially designed for the most difficult applications.

The Parker product range includes:

SMC Pneumatics Australia

SMC Corporation is listed on the No 1 board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and is rated No 204 in the top 2000. SMC’s alliance with World Class Companies in areas such as electronics ensures; total compatibility of different technologies,wider scope of supply with 8,700 product series plus 470,000 variations and options and a selection of the mostcost effective solutions.

Working together guarantees your choice of pneumatic products and provides you with, the lowest cost of ownership.

Actuators
SMC actuators offer the most innovative designs in the industry. Specified in all major industrial markets, they are created to provide you with the largest array of choices. From Semi Conductors to Automotive, Packaging to Medical, Food to Heavy Vehicles, SMC is the first choice of engineers around the world. Standard features include a wide range of 16 imperial and 18 metric bore sizes, multiple mounting configurations and auto switch capability as a standard on most series. Actuators have been designed and built for high precision performance, and exceptional reliability.

SMC’s global production facilities make product availability simple in all industrialised counties around the world. Actuators are available in a wide variety of styles, including linear, guided, rotary, gripper, specialty, and may be driven by pneumatic, hydraulic and electric power, each series comes with a full complement of standard options.

• Actuator types include:
• Linear: Basic Cylinders
• Linear: Compact Cylinders
• Linear: Rodless Cylinders
• Guided Cylinders
• Rotary Actuators
• Grippers
• Specialty and Engineered Actuators
• Hydraulic Cylinders
• Accessories

Airline Equipment
SMC’s airline equipment provides unsurpassed performance and usabilityfor control of your pneumatic system. With SMC’s 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.

In addition to this our connectors simplify the "plumbing" of all your components. SMC’s innovative One-Touch and Uni-thread technology provide dramatic time savings during the installation of both fittings and 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.

• Airline Equipment includes:
• Air Preparation, Refrigerated Dryers, Heatless Dryers, Fittings and Tubing, Electronic Contro

Valves
SMC’s valve series offer industry leading valve performance advancements such as remarkably high flow capacities from very compact designs, low power consumption, high speed response, long life, built-in surge suppression and indicator lights. Manifold options, including built-in One-Touch fittings, pre-wired electric connections and serial interface, simplify installation, maintenance and control. Reliability and long life are proven, with life ratings of 50 to 200 million cycles.

• Valve types include:
• Solenoid, Serial Interface, Mechanical, Manual, Air PilotAccessories

Vacuum
SMC vacuum products offer comprehensive options in compact, lightweight vacuum generators in a wide range of sizes and performance ranges. Cups, buffers, fittings and wiring solutions allow the broadest utilization of technology and performance to meet your design specifications. Most optionsare 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 fitis made for each application. The diverse performance characteristics of SMC vacuum products allow utilisation in a wide array of applications, from manufacturing, packaging and assembly, to materials handling.

Precision combined with performance and a full line of accessories, offers a comprehensive engineering solution to meet your specific need.

• Vacuum products include:
• Generators, Suction Cups, Buffers, & Adapters, Switches, Regulators

High Purity Products
High levels of purity are increasingly required in the handling of fluids for advanced processing applications of semi conductor, pharmaceuticals, medicine, instrumentation, cleaning and food processing. SMC high-purity series products incorporate many new and unique innovations that minimize both particulate and chemical contamination to levels compatible with the most demanding requirements. Cleaning, assembly and packaging are performed in a clean room to ensure the ultimate in product integrity.

Complete laboratory facilities, including a chemicals lab, a high temperature lab and a clean room, back up the high quality and high reliability by performing precise confirmation and verification of the product's performance and life.

• High Purity Products include:
• Solenoid Operated Valves in PFA, Air Pilot Operated Valves in PFA & PEEK, Tubing in FEP (Fluoropolymer), Needle Valves in PF.

Air & Hydraulic Systems work closely with SMC to provide the most appropriate solutions at the best possible value.