Fabco-Air
Compact Air Cylinders and Valves
Centro is a trusted distributor of Fabco-Air. With a legacy spanning over half a century, Fabco has consistently excelled in crafting top-tier pneumatic components, integrating cutting-edge engineering and manufacturing technologies into every product. Their extensive portfolio includes a diverse range of compact air cylinders, precision valves, and complementary pneumatic solutions.
Fabio-Air's offerings are integral to numerous industrial applications worldwide thanks to their innovative designs and unwavering commitment to dependable performance. Centro maintains an extensive and diverse inventory of Fabco-Air pneumatics, ensuring that your specific requirements are precisely met. Whether you seek air cylinders, valves, or other essential pneumatic components, Centro's comprehensive selection of Fabco-Air products guarantees superior performance and unmatched efficiency across a broad spectrum of applications.
When it comes to shearing, punching or broaching applications, you’ll need a lot of force to do the job — especially if it involves metal workpieces. But obtaining that muscle adds a lot of headaches to what should be a simple setup. For example, high-pressure hydraulics can give you the force you need, but they can make a mess and add expensive equipment to your system. And, pneumatic cylinders come with the challenge of obtaining enough compressed air to do the job. Fabco’s Multi-Power® cylinders are a clean option that can deliver the high force you need while still economizing on space and air requirements.
In the high-speed, high-volume packaging industry, automated systems and robots are used widely to maximize output and efficiency. If you’re building or upgrading packaging machines and systems to keep pace with aggressive production goals, the components you choose must provide precise, reliable, around-the-clock operation. Fabco-Air’s durable pneumatic slides, cylinders and grippers are designed to deliver reliability and precision so your packaging equipment can run nonstop and achieve maximum productivity.
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- Fabco-Air is best known for the Original Pancake® compact air cylinder, plus a broad line of pneumatic components (cylinders, slides, actuators, air prep, valves, etc.).
- Common product families include compact (Pancake®) cylinders, NFPA cylinders, ISO cylinders, linear slides, actuators, air preparation (FRLs), and valves.
- Yes, bco-Air supports standard and custom pneumatic products, and they emphasize short lead times on custom and off-the-shelf units.
- Fabco-Air states their NFPA pneumatic cylinders are rugged and interchangeable with NFPA mounting styles (the key point buyers care about for replacement).
- NFPA: common in North America; standardized mounting patterns/dimensions for interchangeability. ISO (e.g., ISO 6431): common internationally; standardized dimensions/accessories for global compatibility. (Fabco-Air’s ISO 6431 family is their FAQ2R Series.)
- The FAQ2R Series is Fabco-Air’s ISO 6431 cylinder line. Fabco-Air notes they updated it with a new extruded body designed to better accommodate flush-mounted sensors.
- Fabco-Air markets short lead times on both custom and off-the-shelf pneumatic units (actual lead time varies by series/config and demand).
- Most common causes: dirty/wet air (no filtration); side loading a rod cylinder; incorrect seals/material for environment; improper cushioning at speed. Prevention: use correct air prep, proper mechanical guidance, and the right series/options for the duty cycle.